Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1995, 12:52 PM CST for Allen Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1995, 12:52 PM CST (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1995, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 131853 RRA SVRLCH LAC003-053-132000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1252 PM CST MON MAR 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ALLEN PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 1250 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE..EXTENDING FROM FORT POLK TO JUST EAST OF CAMERON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 13, 11:07 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1107 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. WITH SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ALREADY IN FLOOD OR NEAR BANKFUL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS PLACED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM CST TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO..AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 11:10 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1107 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. WITH SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ALREADY IN FLOOD OR NEAR BANKFUL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS PLACED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM CST TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO..AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 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.