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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 7, 1995Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 1:53 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 1:53 AM CST (07:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 3:00 AM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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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 6, 8:48 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-070445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
848 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF GOLDEN TRIANGLE...

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM TONIGHT FOR LAKES AREA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE
CHARLES THIS EVENING AND MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE FORT POLK AREA.
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOUISIANA NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES.

THIS AREA HAS SHOWN A TREND TO DEVELOP SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARDS THE GOLDEN
TRIANGLE DURING THE LAST HOUR.  AT 830 PM THIS EVENING...DOPPLER WEATHER
RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF ORANGE TO LAKE
CHARLES AND NORTH TO FORT POLK AND CONTINUING NORTH INTO NORTHCENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER JUST TO THE EAST OF THE
GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDRIES PUSHED OUT TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM
ANY STRONG STORMS NOW IN LOUISIANA COULD PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE TRIANGLE LATER TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT INTO THE LATE NIGHT
HOURS TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM TONIGHT FOR ANGELINA...SAN
AUGUSTINE...NACOGDOCHES...TYLER...HARDIN...JASPER...POLK...TRINITY...
HOUSTON...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

BANDS OF THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUE FROM AROUND BRENHAM TO PALISTINE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  SEVERAL BANDS OF THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY THAT WILL BE INTISIFYING AS
THEY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT.

DCG

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 11:40 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ215-216-070645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1140 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS GOLDEN TRIANGLE...

AT 1130 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER GALVESTON AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS THE MID-COUNTY AREA.

THE CLUSTER WAS DEVELOPING TO THE EAST TOWARDS SABINE PASS AND PORT
ARTHUR AS WELL.

THE STORM WAS INDICATED TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL
AS DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

REMAIN ALERT FOR UPCOMING STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 12:22 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TXZ215-216-511-070730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1222 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 1210 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PORT ARTHUR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
INTO ORAGE COUNTY AT BRIDGE CITY AND TOWARDS ORANGE.

45 MILE PER HOUR WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN PORT ARTHUR...BRIDGE CITY AND
ORANGE AS THIS STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

ALSO...ORANGE COUNTY MAY RECEIVE PEA SIZED HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STRONGER WINDS MAY MOVE ACROSS LAKE SABINE CAUSING A HAZARD TO MARINE
NAVIGATION.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DCG

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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:06 AM CST, 47 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-070815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
106 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 1255 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD
MOVEDACROSS THE SABINE RIVER FROM ORANGE.  THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

45 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SIMILAR WINDS WERE REPORTED ACROSS SOUTH
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH HOUSTON.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN
AREAS AT THE MID-NIGHT HOUR MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS LINE
MAY AFFECT THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING WITH
STRONG WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia69 min
Mar 6, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard56 min
Mar 6, 7:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHVernon58 min
Mar 6, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard61 min
Mar 6, 8:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides, Vernon62 min
Mar 6, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen63 min
Mar 6, 9:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia57 min
Mar 6, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron62 min
Mar 6, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHGrant, Rapides60 min
Mar 6, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu55 min
Mar 6, 10:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHGrant, Rapides61 min
Mar 6, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline56 min
Mar 6, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard61 min
Mar 6, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu68 min
Mar 6, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen64 min
Mar 6, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline, Rapides62 min
Mar 7, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron61 min
Mar 7, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu62 min
Mar 7, 12:51 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu38 min
Mar 7, 6:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis, Rapides68 min
Mar 7, 8:44 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion61 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.