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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1994, 11:30 AM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 151630 TORBPT TXC361-151715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1130 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...ORANGE COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER THE NORTHERN END OF SABINE LAKE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN BRIDGE CITY AND ORANGE SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST DFLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 15, 7:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-151335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 AT 725 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF JENA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF DE QUINCY TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRBYVILLE TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.. STORNG GUSTY WINDS..AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER RAPIDES..SOUTHEAST VENON..BEAUREGARD..AND ALLEN PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THEY MOVE EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF CONROE TEXA TO BAYTOWN TO FREEPORT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 841 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS INVADED SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 835 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A KIRBYVILLE...WARREN...LIBERTY...AND HOUSTON LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED WEST OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE NEAR LIBERTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE SAME AREAS WILL SEE REPEATED BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS OVER SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY HAVE RECIEVED THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 500 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WHICH IS LIKELY...WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY AND CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 841 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS INVADED SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 835 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A KIRBYVILLE...WARREN...LIBERTY...AND HOUSTON LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED WEST OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE NEAR LIBERTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE SAME AREAS WILL SEE REPEATED BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS OVER SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY HAVE RECIEVED THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 500 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WHICH IS LIKELY...WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY AND CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 841 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS INVADED SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 835 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A KIRBYVILLE...WARREN...LIBERTY...AND HOUSTON LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED WEST OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE NEAR LIBERTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE SAME AREAS WILL SEE REPEATED BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS OVER SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY HAVE RECIEVED THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 500 AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WHICH IS LIKELY...WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY AND CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-151335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 907 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 AT 825 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE SHOWN 20 MILES WEST OF DERIDDER AND MIDWAY BETWEEN FORT POLK AND OAKDALE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS VERNON...RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...AND ALLEN PARISHES. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM WEST OF KIRBYVILLE TO KOUNTZE TO LIBERTY TO THE HOUSTON AREA TO FREEPORT TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO THE ALEXANDRIA AREA TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO NEAR WOODVILLE TEXAS AND NEAR THE LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM THE LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA TO THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO GALVESTON AND EXTENDED INTO THE GULF 90 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-151335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 907 AM CDT SUN MAY 15 1994 AT 825 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE SHOWN 20 MILES WEST OF DERIDDER AND MIDWAY BETWEEN FORT POLK AND OAKDALE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS VERNON...RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...AND ALLEN PARISHES. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM WEST OF KIRBYVILLE TO KOUNTZE TO LIBERTY TO THE HOUSTON AREA TO FREEPORT TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO THE ALEXANDRIA AREA TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO NEAR WOODVILLE TEXAS AND NEAR THE LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM THE LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA TO THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO GALVESTON AND EXTENDED INTO THE GULF 90 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
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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.