Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1995, 3:48 PM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1995, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Leesville, LA | Tornado touched down briefly. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLCH 272148 RRA SVRLCH LAC115-272245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 348 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 345 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN VERNON PARISH 10 MILES WEST OF LEESVILLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 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. z* )@P.eFPAK >EPWWCN (zFTUM0}H#FPUS tDWEPA2 R"WEPA pXgWWUS g WUUS ]66WWUS: JFPUSvuMn6WWUS VQ6WWUSp ^ WUUS |]: WUUSz `[ WWUSt < C~FPCN@"6WWUS Tp WEPA6 CMFPUSfI%#FXCN
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 27, 1:37 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
LAZ043-031-030-041-051-032-042-044-052-027-020-022-028-272040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 137 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM FOR CALCASIEU CAMERON JEFF DAVIS PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR VERMILION AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 130 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EAST OF LAKE CHARLES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HACKBERRY IN NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPIMNG ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 1:38 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
LAZ043-031-030-041-051-032-042-044-052-027-020-022-028-272040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 137 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM FOR CALCASIEU CAMERON JEFF DAVIS PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR VERMILION AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 130 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EAST OF LAKE CHARLES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HACKBERRY IN NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER TORNADO WXATCH TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPIMNG ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 245 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN ACADIA PARISH NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LAKE CHARLES AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE EXTENDING NORTH TO SAN AUGUSTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 245 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN ACADIA PARISH NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LAKE CHARLES AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE EXTENDING NORTH TO SAN AUGUSTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:45 PM CST, 3 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 340 PM...LAKE CHARLES AND FORT POLK DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. < THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH BY 400 PM. PERSONS THERE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:46 PM CST, 2 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 340 PM...LAKE CHARLES AND FORT POLK DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. < THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH BY 400 PM. PERSONS THERE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 62 min |
| Jan 27, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline | 67 min |
| Jan 27, 11:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 55 min |
| Jan 27, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 68 min |
| Jan 27, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.