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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 31, 1995Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 9:33 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2774 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
2774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHVernon3 hr
May 31, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler55 min
May 31, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper41 min
May 31, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler59 min
May 31, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper58 min
May 31, 9:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler3 hr
May 31, 9:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton3 hr
Jun 1, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin61 min
Jun 1, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange63 min

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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.