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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 13, 1995Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1995, 10:33 AM CST for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1995, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1995, 11:15 AM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 12:00Z on 1995-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 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 12:00Z on 1995-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 131633 RRA
SVRBPT
TXC241-457-131715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1033 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR WOODVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE INTO JASPER COUNTY WITHIN 15 MINUTES MOVING TOWARD SAM RAYBURN
DAM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND XOCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
LINHARES
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson57 min
Mar 13, 11:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton, Orange44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.