Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1995, 2:01 AM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1995, 2:01 AM CST (08:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1995, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 59 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, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 050801 RRA SVRBPT TXC351-050900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 201 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 2 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRBYVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. 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 DTHE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NNNN
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, Mar 4, 8:20 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-050415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 820 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1995 .....DRIZZLE AND PATCHY DENSE FOG OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS..... AT 815 PM THIS EVENING...LIGHT DRIZZLE AND PATCHY DENSE FOG WERE BEING REPORTED ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS TOO LIGHT TO BE DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. THE FOG ACROSS THE REGION WAS REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE WITH SOME AREAS REPORTING VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/4 OF A MILE. THIS LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BE INCREASING TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. THIS MEANS THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SATURATED. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE THROUGHOUT THE REGION UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THIS EVENING SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION BECAUSE OF THE SLICK ROADWAYS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DENSE FOG..PLEASE REMEMBER TO DRIVE WITH YOUR LOW BEAMS ON AND GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. LINHARES NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 1:32 AM CST, 29 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-502-503-050835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 135 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 125 AM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...LAKE CHARLES...AND CAMERON LINE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS....SOME SEVERE...WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. RESIDENCE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 1:35 AM CST, 26 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-502-503-050835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 135 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 125 AM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...LAKE CHARLES...AND CAMERON LINE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS....SOME SEVERE...WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. RESIDENCE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 2:00 AM CST, 1 minute before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-502-503-050835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 200 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 157 AM...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING CAMERON PARISH FROM THE LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THEY WILL MOVE INTO CAMERON PARISH AROUND 230 AM CST THIS SUNDAY MORNING. PERSONS IN CAMERON PARISH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 12:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 63 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.