Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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
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 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 NNNN
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. DCG NNNN
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 NNNN
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. DCG NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 12:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 6:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis, Rapides | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 8:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 61 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.