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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 25, 1995LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 3:13 PM CDT for LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County LaSalle Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 252016 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC059-252045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
313 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LA SALLE PARISH
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM SIX MILES SOUTH OF JENA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
20 MPH.  DAMAGING WINDS..HAIL..AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
 
 
 
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
Jun 25, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides62 min
Jun 25, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis67 min
Jun 25, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis68 min
Jun 25, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia69 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.