Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 12:06 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1995, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Acadia Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 14.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 081708 SVRLCH LAC001-081815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1206 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ACADIA PARISH AT 1205 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUIXCKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, May 8, 6:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-081530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 630 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AND THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGHOUT TODAY... AT 625 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM LOCATED FROM THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO JASPER TO WOODVILLE TO HOUSTON TO VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 20 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITER THE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AS A SERIES OF SQUALLS ADVANCE AHEAD OF A STRONG DRY-LINE FRONT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS IN THE EVENT OF QUICKLY RISING WATERS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHR SERVICE. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 8, 8:06 AM CDT, 4 hours before
LAZ027-030>032-041>044-051-052-081400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 805 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR GRANT...LA SALLE... AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND FOR VERNON...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD...JEFFERSON DAVIS...CALCASIEU...AND CAMERON PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 755 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM NEAR LEESVILLE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BEAUREGARD PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Local storm report, May 8, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
1030 AM CDT MON MAY 08 1995
REPORT FOR MONDAY MAY 08 1995
TIME CDT CITY/COUNTY EVENT
910 AM WEST BPT ALONG GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL
MAJOR ROAD REPORTED BY BEAUMONT
POLICE
915 PM HAMPSHIRE,TX POWERLINES AND STREET
18 MILES SSW BPT SIGNS DOWN. BPT DPS
JEFFERSON COUNTY
920 AM ORANGE COUNTY TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
ORANGE,TX ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF
945 AM PORT ARTHUR, TX POWERLINES/TREES DOWN
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON HWY 87. PORT ARTHUR PD
LINES HARDIN CO. BLOWN DOWN. SMALL FIRE
STARTED BY POWER LINES. NO
INJURIES. REPORTED BY DPS.Local storm report, May 8, 10:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT AMD ADDITIONAL REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
1030 AM CDT MON MAY 08 1995
REPORT FOR MONDAY MAY 08 1995
TIME CDT CITY/COUNTY EVENT
845 AM BPT MUNICIPAL WIND GUST OF 60 MPH
AIRPORT BPT,TX
910 AM WEST BPT ALONG GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL
MAJOR ROAD REPORTED BY BEAUMONT
POLICE
915 PM HAMPSHIRE,TX POWERLINES AND STREET
18 MILES SSW BPT SIGNS DOWN. BPT DPS
JEFFERSON COUNTY
920 AM ORANGE COUNTY TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
ORANGE,TX ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF
945 AM PORT ARTHUR, TX POWERLINES/TREES DOWN
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON HWY 87. PORT ARTHUR PDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| May 8, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 61 min |
| May 8, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.