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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 3:16 AM CST for Angelina County, San Augustine County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, San Augustine County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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, 11:40 PM CST, 3 hours 36 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, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 10 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
Local storm report, Mar 7, 3:00 AM CST, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
300 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME CST COUNTY EVENT
215 AM HARDIN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
NEAR SARATOGA BY COUNTY
SHERIFF
JHLocal storm report, Mar 7, 3:01 AM CST, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
300 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME CST COUNTY EVENT
215 AM HARDIN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
NEAR SARATOGA BY COUNTY
SHERIFF
JHThe 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, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 67 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 |
| Mar 7, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Sabine | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 5:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 43 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.