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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT for Sabine County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sabine County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 202131 SVRBPT TXC403-202215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 431 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST TEXAS ...SABINE COUNTY AT 430 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BRONSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONAL^LY 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, Apr 20, 1:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ165-152-167-166-202015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 108 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST TEXAS AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 105 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR MONROE LOUISIANA TO NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA TO NEAR LUFKIN TO HUNTSVILLE TO COLUMBUS. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUFKIN IN ANGELINA COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LINHARES NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-202115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 315 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT... AT 315 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEER PARK AT I-10. A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORRIGAN IN POLK COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MW NNNN
Local storm report, Apr 20, 4:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
400 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
DATE/TIME LOCATION REPORT
20/0620 CDT VERNON PARISH SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED
TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
HWY 468 NEAR LEESVILLE.
10/1710 CDT LAFAYETTE PARISH GULF STATES UTILITIES REPORTED
A POWER POLE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON
ON HWY 92 NEAR MILTON
10/1835 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
1 S OF DE RIDDER.
10/BETWEEN 1900 VERNON PARISH SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
AND 1925 CDT LEESVILLE AND ANACOCO.
10/2155 CDT ALLEN PARISH JEFFERSON DAVIS ELECTRIC
REPORTED TRESS AND POWER
LINES BLOWN ON HWY 26.
10/2210 CDT ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED
POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN ON
HWY 92 NEAR MILTON.
10/2300 CDT GRANT PARISH SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED
TREES DOWN IN MONTGOMERY.
10/2315 CDT EVANGELINE PARISH TECHE`S ELECTRICAL COMPANY
IN VILLE PLATTE REPORTED
ROOF DAMAGE.
11/0100 CDT ALLEN PARISH C.D. DIRECTOR REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN OBERLIN.
11/0230 CDT GpRANT PARISH TREES BLOWN DOWN IN DRY PRONG
AND PROSPECT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | San Augustine | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 41 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.