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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 15, 1994Nacogdoches County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:44 PM CDT for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Nacogdoches County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1928 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides60 min
Apr 15, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin54 min
Apr 15, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson42 min

Nearby

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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.