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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 11:20 PM CDT for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nacogdoches County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBPT 110420 RRA SVRBPT TXC347-110500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1120 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST TEXAS ...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY AT 1115 DOOPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY 5 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLASS TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF NACOGDOCHES AND NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MC 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, Apr 10, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 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 59 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 52 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.
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.