Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1995, 5:02 PM CST for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 1995, 5:02 PM CST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1995, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KLCH 142302 RRA SVRLCH LAC003-011-142345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 502 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...WESTERN ALLEN PARISH...EASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAGLEY IN SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Mar 14, 2:49 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME ON EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
243 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995
DATE/TIME LOCATION REPORT
14/0605 CST EVANGELINE PARISH LARGE BRANCHES FELL ON POWER
LINES IN THE CITY VILLE PLATTELocal storm report, Mar 14, 2:50 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME ON EVENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
243 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995
DATE/TIME LOCATION REPORT
14/0605 CST EVANGELINE PARISH LARGE BRANCHES FELL ON POWER
LINES IN THE CITY OF VILLE
PLATTESpecial weather statement, Mar 14, 3:04 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 304 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 300 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA FROM FORT POLK TO MANSFIELD. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM COOLLEGE STATION...NORTH TO CORSICANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PREESURE AREA DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAS OF SHOWERS CAN DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY OVER AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH VERY LITTLE NOTICE. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 3:04 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 304 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 300 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA FROM FORT POLK TO MANSFIELD. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM COLLEGE STATION...NORTH TO CORSICANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAS OF SHOWERS CAN DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY OVER AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH VERY LITTLE NOTICE . PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 3:12 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 304 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 300 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA FROM FORT POLK TO MANSFIELD. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM COLLEGE STATION...NORTH TO CORSICANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAS OF SHOWERS CAN DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY OVER AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH VERY LITTLE NOTICE . PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS> AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 4:33 PM CST, 29 minutes before
TXZ165-201-511-215-182-152-216-180-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 433 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... AT 430 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN HARDIN COUNTY. A RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY OF THICKET REPORTED MARBLE-SIZED HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR WESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TO TYLER TEXAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING AND THREATENING WEATHER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR OR LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COLBY & NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 49 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.