Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 12:27 AM CDT for Angelina County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1994, 12:27 AM CDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1994, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Angelina County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 280527 SVRBPT TXC005-280630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1227 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EAST TEXAS ...ANGELINA COUNTY AT 1225 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF BURKE...DIBOLL...AND RESIDENTS OF WESTWERN ANGELINA COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 27, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-280440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 AT 1025 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE OCCURRING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF KOUNTZE TEXAS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN FROM 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO WHITE LAKE AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF VILLE PLATTE.
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-280440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 AT 1025 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE OCCURRING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF KOUNTZE TEXAS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN FROM 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO WHITE LAKE AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF VILLE PLATTE.
Local storm report, May 27, 10:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1044 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994
TIME LOCATION REPORT
830 PM CDT OBERLIN, SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
ALLEN PARISH PENNY SIZE HAIL
900 PM CDT SOUTH OF OAKDALE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL
ALLEN PARISH SIZE HAILLocal storm report, May 27, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1044 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994
TIME LOCATION REPORT
830 PM CDT OBERLIN, SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTE"D
ALLEN PARISH PENNY SIZE HAIL
900 PM CDT SOUTH OF OAKDALE PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL
ALLEN PARISH SIZE HAILSpecial weather statement, May 27, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ165-152-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1102 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM AIMING AT ANGELINA COUNTY... AT 11 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS AIMING TOWARDS ANGELINA COUNTY AND IF IT REMAINS STRONG IT SHOULD REACH NORTHWESTERN ANGELINA COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS( STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. PERSONS IN ANGELINA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, May 27, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ165-152-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1102 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1994 ...DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM AIMING AT ANGELINA COUNTY... AT 11 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS AIMING TOWARDS ANGELINA COUNTY AND IF IT REMAINS STRONG IT SHOULD REACH NORTHWESTERN ANGELINA COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. PERSONS IN ANGELINA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT. DCG NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 48 min |
| May 28, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 65 min |
| May 28, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Sabine, San Augustine | 64 min |
| May 28, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 67 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.