Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 28, 1994Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 12:45 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1994, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Rapides Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1994-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1466 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 1994-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
1466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 28, 9:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 28, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-281535-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1033 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994

AT 1028 AM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND WAS LOCATED FROM 10 TO 15 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTH OF
ALEXANDRIA.  AS THE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND SMALL
HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THEM THROUGH GRANT..LA SALLE..AND RAPIDES PARISHES.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL..WERE SHOWN IN EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA..
FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN AUGUSTINE TO NATCHITOCHES..TO 20 MILES
WEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-281535-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1033 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994

AT 1028 AM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND WAS LOCATED FROM 10 TO 15 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTH OF
ALEXANDRIA.  AS THE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND SMALL
HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THEM THROUGH GRANT..LA SALLE..AND RAPIDES PARISHES.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL..WERE SHOWN IN EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA..
FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN AUGUSTINE TO NATCHITOCHES..TO 20 MILES
WEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 28, 11:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-281745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1143 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994

AT 1133 AM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ESLER FIELD.  THE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THE GRANT PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH GRANT PARISH EARLIER.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY
THE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH GRANT..LA SALLE..AND RAPIDES PARISHES
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL..WERE SHOWN IN EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA..
FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SAN AUGUSTINE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES..
TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 28, 11:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-281745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1143 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994

AT 1133 AM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ESLER FIELD.  THE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THE GRANT PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL WITH THESE
STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH GRANT PARISH EARLIER.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY
THE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH GRANT..LA SALLE..AND RAPIDES PARISHES
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL..WERE SHOWN IN EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA..
FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SAN AUGUSTINE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES..
TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis65 min
May 27, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion42 min
May 27, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline38 min
May 28, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides56 min
May 28, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion68 min
May 28, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron66 min
May 28, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Vermilion57 min
May 28, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Vermilion32 min
May 28, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard65 min
May 28, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard64 min
May 27, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler48 min
May 28, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAngelina63 min
May 28, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler65 min
May 28, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSabine, San Augustine64 min
May 28, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange67 min
May 28, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson62 min

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.