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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 18, 1995Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 3:04 PM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1596 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 182005
SVRLCH
TXC199-245-182100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
304 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HARDIN COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 3:04 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SOUR LAKE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:35 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin55 min
May 18, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHNewton66 min
May 18, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton61 min
May 18, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson63 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.