Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 2:09 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 2:09 AM CDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rapides Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 110706 RRA SVRLCH LAC043-079-110815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 209 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...GRANT PARISH...RAPIDES PARISH AT 205 AM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN BY RADAR FROM NEAR DRY PRONG TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENMORA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 4 hours 49 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, 4 hours 48 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, 4 hours 41 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, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 72 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, 2:24 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 |
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.