Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 10:48 PM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 72 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Evangeline Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 519 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.9
- Supercell composite
- 23.5
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, Apr 10, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT HEADLINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 3AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 915 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS...AND SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 3AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 915 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS...AND SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT HEADLINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 3AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 915 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS...AND SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 69 min |
| Apr 11, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | LaSalle | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 40 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.