Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 1:42 PM CST for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1995, 1:42 PM CST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1995, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 WUUS1 KLCH 181944 RRA SVRLCH LAC053-182045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 142 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 140 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF JENNINGS NEAR THE TOWN OF WELSH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 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.
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, 8:46 AM CST, 4 hours 56 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
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 9:25 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-181630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 925 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JASPER AND ALL OF TYLER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...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 THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS NORTH OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE UNTIL NOON CST... AT 920 AM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES OFFSHORE OF MATAGORDA ISLAND TO HOUSTON TO JASPER TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CAN EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALLL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MC NNNN
Local storm report, Jan 18, 10:09 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1007 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995
TIME LOCATION REPORT
950 AM CST HORNBECK, DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
VERNON BY VALLEY ELECTRICSpecial weather statement, Jan 18, 10:16 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-181815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1016 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON...ORANGE...HARDIN ...JASPER...NEWTON COUNTIES...AND THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 4 PM CST... ... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANGELINA...SOUTHERN NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...SAN AUGUSTINE...AND NORTHERN TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR JEFFERSON... ORANGE...HARDIN...NEWTON...JASPER...AND TYLER COUNTIES. AT 1010 AM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES OFFSHORE FREEPORT TO NEAR HOUSTON TO WOODVILLE TO JASPER TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE PUSHING EASTWARD. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EVANS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 10:38 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-181730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1038 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM HAS EXPIRED... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR GRANT...LA SALLE... RAPIDES...AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 1030 AM...RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM BETWEEN SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS AND JENA ...TO BETWEEN WOODVILLE TEXAS AND DE RIDDER...TO NEAR FREEPORT. PERSONS IN GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL FROM NOW UNTIL 1130 AM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 10:39 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-181730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1038 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM HAS EXPIRED... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR GRANT...LA SALLE... RAPIDES...AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 1030 AM...RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM BETWEEN SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS AND JENA ...TO BETWEEN WOODVILLE TEXAS AND DE RIDDER...TO NEAR FREEPORT. PERSONS IN GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL FROM NOW UNTIL 1130 AM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 9:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 67 min |
| 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 |
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.