Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 9:23 AM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1995, 9:23 AM CST (15:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1995, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 67 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, 3.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 181524 SVRLCH LAC115-181630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 922 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN VERNON PARISH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 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 AD^VANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jan 18, 6:20 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-181415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 620 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... UNTIL NOON TODAY... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE...UNTIL NOON TODAY... AT 600 AM CST...AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRECHED FROM JUST EAST OF LONGVIEW...TO JASPER...TO LIVINGSTON...TO CONROE... TO NORTH AND WEST OF HOUSTON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN LIVINGSTON AND CONROE. THIS AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES...STRONG WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 8:35 AM CST, 48 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051-052-181530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 835 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR BEAUREGARD... CALCASIEU...AND VERNON PARISHES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR GRANT...LA SALLE... RAPIDES...AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 830 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM MANSFIELD... TO WOODVILLE...TO HOUSTON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN VERNON PARISH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 8:37 AM CST, 46 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051-052-181530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 835 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR BEAUREGARD... CALCASIEU...AND VERNON PARISHES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR GRANT...LA SALLE... RAPIDES...AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 830 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM MANSFIELD... TO WOODVILLE...TO HOUSTON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN VERNON PARISH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 8:46 AM CST, 37 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-181645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 846 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ANGELINA AND NORTHERN TYLER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AT 845 AM CST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY AND ALL OF TYLER COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANGELINA...SOUTHERN NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...SAN AUGUSTINE...AND NORTHERN TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CST... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE...UNTIL NOON CST... AT 845 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING FROM SHREVEPORT...SOUTHWEST TO CENTER...SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR...WOODVILLE...TO LIVINGSTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONAS FOR SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING POSSIBLE TORNADOES AND FLOODING...AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 65 min |
| Jan 18, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 65 min |
| Jan 18, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 68 min |
| Jan 18, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 68 min |
| Jan 18, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 59 min |
| Jan 18, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 65 min |
| Jan 18, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 56 min |
| Jan 18, 1:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 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.