Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 200024 TORLCH LAC019-200045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 715 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...CALCASIEU PARISH AT 705 PM CDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC JUST EAST OF THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. GET UNDER A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS... BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-192235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 443 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 AT 425 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR CROWLEY TO VERMILION BAY AND NEAR ALEXANDRIA. PERSONS IN ACADIA...VERMILION...RAPIDES...AND LA SALLE PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN LONGVIEW TEXAS AND MONROE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-192235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 443 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 AT 425 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR CROWLEY TO VERMILION BAY AND NEAR ALEXANDRIA. PERSONS IN ACADIA...VERMILION...RAPIDES...AND LA SALLE PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN LONGVIEW TEXAS AND MONROE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-192335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 538 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 AT 525 PM CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR CROWLEY AND IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA. PERSONS IN ACADIA AND RAPIDES PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN TYLER TEXAS AND MONROE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-192335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 538 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 AT 525 PM CDT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR CROWLEY AND IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA. PERSONS IN ACADIA AND RAPIDES PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN TYLER TEXAS AND MONROE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT TEvXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:42 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-200035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 642 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 AT 625 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND WHITE LAKE. PERSONS IN CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN TYLER TEXAS AND MONROE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:42 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-200035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 642 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 AT 625 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND WHITE LAKE. PERSONS IN CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN TYLER TEXAS AND MONROE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE AREA EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.