Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 6:40 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 972 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBPT 132340 SVRLCH TXC199-457-140030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 640 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY AT 636 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF VOTAW MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL AND WINDS NEAR 75 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. VILLAGE MILLS...WARREN...FRED AND SPURGER ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DCG NNNN
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, May 13, 5:47 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 547 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... AT 540 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF HEMPHILL TO BROADDUS TO WEST THEN SOUTH OF CHESTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWARD. A SQUALL LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CROCKETT SOUTHWARD TO NEAR CONROE THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE HAVE CONTAINED NUMEROUS TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SQUALL LINE MAY THREATEN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS DO FAVOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:47 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 547 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... AT 540 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF HEMPHILL TO BROADDUS TO WEST THEN SOUTH OF CHESTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWARD. A SQUALL LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CROCKETT SOUTHWARD TO NEAR CONROE THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE HAVE CONTAINED NUMEROUS TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SQUALL LINE MAY THREATEN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS DO FAVOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 609 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFY IN NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY... AT 608 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF WOODVILLE TO NEAR DIBOLL IN SOUTHERN ANGELINA COUNTY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SABINE COUNTY AND ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE INTO SABINE PARISH@ LOUSIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE SQUALL LINE TO THE WEST OF THE LAKES AREA WAS CONTINUING TO ADVANCE EASTWARD. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 609 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFY IN NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY... AT 608 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF WOODVILLE TO NEAR DIBOLL IN SOUTHERN ANGELINA COUNTY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SABINE COUNTY AND ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE INTO SABINE PARISH LOUSIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE SQUALL LINE TO THE WEST OF THE LAKES AREA WAS CONTINUING TO ADVANCE EASTWARD. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:34 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-140040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 635 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR GRANT AND RAPIDES PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN...BEAUREGARD... EVANGELINE...AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.. AT 625 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY TEXAS TO LAKE LIVINGSTON...BETWEEN WOODVILLE TEXAS AND LUFKIN...AND FROM MANY LOUISIANA TO SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS. OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS...TO HOUSTON...TO MANY LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-140040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 635 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR GRANT AND RAPIDES PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN...BEAUREGARD... EVANGELINE...AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.. AT 625 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY TEXAS TO LAKE LIVINGSTON...BETWEEN WOODVILLE TEXAS AND LUFKIN...AND FROM MANY LOUISIANA TO SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS. OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS...TO HOUSTON...TO MANY LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina, Tyler | 25 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.