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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 5, 1995Grant Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1995, 3:47 AM CST for Grant Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 1995, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1995, 4:45 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Grant Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 5, 1:32 AM CST, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 12 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 hour 47 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 2:51 AM CST, 56 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-051100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
251 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEWTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 7 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING...

...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUFKIN AND THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA UNTIL 6 AM CST THIS SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 240 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.  THIS AREA WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WERE OVER EXTREME EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY AND OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS FROM SEA RIM TO SABINE PASS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

IN ADDITION...DENSE FOG IS OCCURRING OVER THE LAKES AREA AND ANGELINA
AND NACOGDOCHES COUNTIES...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS UNTIL
NEAR SUNRISE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR UPDATES
OR WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

-JH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 2:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon64 min
Mar 5, 3:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard56 min
Mar 5, 3:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia67 min
Mar 5, 4:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu62 min
Mar 5, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson63 min
Mar 5, 2:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton59 min

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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.