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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 29, 1994Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 3:19 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1994, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, TX

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 29, 12:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ165-181-182-152-167-166-180-291845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1236 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...

AT 1230PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PALESTINE TO
LONGVIEW AND SHREVEPORT.  WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT THE TYLER AIRPORT
DURING THE PAST HOUR.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO
35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE NORTHWEST CORNOR OF NACOGDOCHES COUNTY BY
130PM CDT, THEN SWEEP ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS.

THE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT ALL THE EAST TEXAS LAKES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
AREA BOATERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL CONDITIONS AND SEEK
SHELTERED WATERS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THESE QUICK MOVING STORMS.
DJ

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ165-181-182-152-167-166-180-291845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1236 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...

AT 1230PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PALESTINE TO
LONGVIEW AND SHREVEPORT.  WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT THE TYLER AIRPORT
DURING THE PAST HOUR.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO
35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE NORTHWEST CORNOR OF NACOGDOCHES COUNTY BY
130PM CDT, THEN SWEEP ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS.

THE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT ALL THE EAST TEXAS LAKES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
AREA BOATERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL CONDITIONS AND SEEK
SHELTERED WATERS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THESE QUICK MOVING STORMS.
DJ

NNNN
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TXZ165-181-182-152-167-166-180-291945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
138 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994

AT 130PM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED
NORTHERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TEXAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
TO 35 MPH. WARNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS IN ANDERSON
AND HOUSTON COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. WIND DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE FAST MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

HOLIDAY BOATERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.  DON'T
VENTURE FAR FROM PROTECTED WATERS.  THE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT SAM RAYBURN
SHORTLY AFTER 2PM CDT.
DJ

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Special weather statement, May 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
TXZ165-181-182-152-167-166-180-291945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
138 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994

AT 130PM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED
NORTHERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TEXAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
TO 35 MPH. WARNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS IN ANDERSON
AND HOUSTON COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. WIND DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE FAST MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

HOLIDAY BOATERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.  DON'T
VENTURE FAR FROM PROTECTED WATERS.  THE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT SAM RAYBURN
SHORTLY AFTER 2PM CDT.
DJ

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon61 min
May 29, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHGrant, Rapides65 min
May 29, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion60 min
May 29, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard67 min
May 29, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen59 min
May 29, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline60 min
May 29, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline56 min
May 29, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu56 min
May 29, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis61 min
May 29, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron68 min
May 29, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia65 min
May 29, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia53 min
May 29, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion60 min
May 29, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSabine68 min
May 29, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper43 min
May 29, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler59 min
May 29, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin56 min

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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.