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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 26, 1995Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1995, 11:24 PM CST for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 1995, 11:24 PM CST (05:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 1995, 12:30 AM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Jasper County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 7.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KBPT 270524 RRA
SVRBPT
TXC241-457-270630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1124 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY...EASTERN TYLER COUNTY
 
AT 1120 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
MW
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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 26, 9:51 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

TXZ165-152-166-270500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
951 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN PARTS OF EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA...

AT 945 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM GROVETON THROUGH NACOGDOCHES EXTENDING
NORTHEAST TO CEDAR POINT AND FURTHER INTO SHELBY COUNTY.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER
UPDATES OR STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MW

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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:24 PM CST, 1 hour before

TXZ181-182-167-180-270630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1024 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995

...A LINE OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING
TYLER COUNTY...

AT 1025 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF TYLER COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.
RESIDENTS OF TYLER...JASPER...SABINE...AND NEWTONS COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT TO ANY SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY OCCUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER
UPDATES AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

MW

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 11:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	59 min
Mar 26, 11:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper	39 min
Mar 27, 12:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	53 min
Mar 27, 1:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	65 min
Mar 27, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper	43 min
Mar 27, 3:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995 Every 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.