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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 28, 1995Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 12:55 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3173 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 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 281756
SVRLCH
LAC115-281900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1255 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...VERNON PARISH
 
AT 12:55 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN VERNON PARISH JUST NORTHEAST OF ROSEPINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
 
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 QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides58 min
May 28, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides, Vernon3 hr
May 28, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon63 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.