Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 3:01 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLCH 272101 RRA SVRLCH LAC019-023-272200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 301 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...CALCASIEU PARISH...CAMERON PARISH AT 300 PM CST A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF CALCASIEU AND CAMRON PARISHES. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jan 27, 2:05 PM CST, 56 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 155 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM ANUHUAC TO BEAUMONT TO NEWTON AND NORTH TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THIS IS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE PREAPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THESE STORMS BE MOVING INTO YOUR AREA. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WITH ALL OF THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS...PERSONS CAN EXPECT SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING AND SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:05 PM CST, 56 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 155 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM ANUHUAC TO BEAUMONT TO NEWTON AND NORTH TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THIS IS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE PREAPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THESE STORMS BE MOVING INTO YOUR AREA. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WITH ALL OF THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS...PERSONS CAN EXPECT SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING AND SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:46 PM CST, 15 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 246 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 245PM CST ONLY ORANGE...JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER THE WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NACOGDOCHES, ANGELINA, SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, TYLER, HARDIN AND NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREMEM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CITIES. HEAVY RAIN AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. THE WATCH IS EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED BY 4PM CST. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:46 PM CST, 15 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 246 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 245PM CST ONLY ORANGE...JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER THE WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NACOGDOCHES, ANGELINA, SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, TYLER, HARDIN AND NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREMEM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CITIES. HEAVY RAIN AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. THE WATCH IS EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED BY 4PM CST. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:58 PM CST, 3 minutes before
TXZ181-215-182-216-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 258 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 249PM THE WINDS GUST TO 56 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING. DJ & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:58 PM CST, 3 minutes before
TXZ181-215-182-216-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 258 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 249PM THE WINDS GUST TO 56 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING. DJ & NNNN 6WWUS 6WWUSX D.6WWUST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 8:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 39 min |
| Jan 27, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 35 min |
| Jan 27, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Jan 27, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.