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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 5, 1995Newton County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.
 
 
 
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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson63 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.