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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vermilion Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-292145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 336 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400PM FOR NEWTON COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430PM FOR TYLER COUNTY. AT 340PM RADARS SHOW A NARROW LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDETRSTORMS FROM LIVINGSTON TO WARREN TO EAST OF KIRBYVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-292145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 336 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400PM FOR NEWTON COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430PM FOR TYLER COUNTY. AT 340PM RADARS SHOW A NARROW LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LIVINGSTON TO WARREN TO EAST OF KIRBYVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:09 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 61 min |
| May 29, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 65 min |
| May 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 60 min |
| May 29, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 67 min |
| May 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 59 min |
| May 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 60 min |
| May 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 56 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 56 min |
| May 29, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 61 min |
| May 29, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 68 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 65 min |
| May 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 53 min |
| May 29, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Sabine | 68 min |
| May 29, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 43 min |
| May 29, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 41 min |
| May 29, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 59 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 56 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.