Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 1995, 11:24 PM CST for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 1995, 11:24 PM CST (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 1995, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBPT 130524 RRA SVRBPT TXC199-457-130630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1124 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...HARDIN COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY AT 1110 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS STROM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN KOUNTZE. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. & 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, Jan 12, 8:45 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-130445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 846 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ..A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..ANGELINA.. SABINE..NACOGDOCHES..SAN AUGUSTINE..HARDIN..TYLER..JASPER..NEWTON ..JEFFERSON..ORANGE..AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. ..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..ANGELINA ..SAN AUGUSTINE..SABINE..NACOGDOCHES..AND HARDIN UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. AT 840 PM CST THURSDAY NIGHT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO KATY TO PORT OCONNOR AND EXTENDING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER 100 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 15 TO 50 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE PASS. MOVEMENT NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTING..AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC ACTIVITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. LINHARES NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 8:46 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-130445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 846 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ..A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..ANGELINA.. SABINE..NACOGDOCHES..SAN AUGUSTINE..HARDIN..TYLER..JASPER..NEWTON ..JEFFERSON..ORANGE..AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. ..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..ANGELINA ..SAN AUGUSTINE..SABINE..NACOGDOCHES..AND HARDIN UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING. AT 840 PM CST THURSDAY NIGHT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO KATY TO PORT OCONNOR AND EXTENDING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER 100 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 15 TO 50 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND SABINE PASS. MOVEMENT NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTING..AND POSSIBLE TORNADIC ACTIVITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. LINHARES NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 9:44 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-130545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 944 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR ANGELINA...SABINE...NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE...HARDIN...TYLER... JASPER...NEWTON...JEFFERSON...ORANGE...COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR ANGELINA...SAN AUGUSTINE...NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...AND HARDINN COUNTIES. AT 940 PM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LONGVIEW TO LUFKIN TO LIVINGSTON TO JUST WEST OF HOUSTON TO PORT O CONNER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. ALSO ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE GOLDEN TRRIANGLE AND OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND EXTENDING UP TO 50 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS NORTH AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITER THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MC NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051-052-130445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT LAFAYETTE AND LA SALLE PARISHES UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING... AT 940 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE CHARLES AND AND BEAUMONT TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CAMERON PARISH AND EXTENDING OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO WHITE LAKE...25 TO OVER 100 MILES OFFSHORE. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR LONGVIEW TO LUFKIN AND SOUTHWARD TO NEAR HOUSTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY 11 PM. < SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 10:54 PM CST, 30 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051-052-130600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1054 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES UNTIL 2 AM FRIDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING... AT 1050 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CAMERON...CALCASIEU...BEAUREGARD AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO WHITE LAKE... FROM JUST OFFSHORE TO OVER 100 MILES OFFSHORE. < SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 10:56 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ201-130600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1056 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TX UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HARDIN COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY... AT 1050 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF THE HARDIN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN HARDIN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORM WINDS UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR...HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. JH NNNN
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.