Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1995, 12:07 AM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1995, 12:07 AM CST (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1995, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 270607 RRA SVRBPT TXC351-270700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1207 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY ...AT 1205 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NNNN
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, 2 hours 16 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 NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:24 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes 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 NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:00 AM CST, 7 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1200 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING VERNON PARISH... AT 1155 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES IN JASPER. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH AROUND 1230 AM. PERSONS IN VERNON PARISH SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:02 AM CST, 5 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1200 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING VERNON PARISH... AT 1155 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES IN JASPER. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WILL BE MOVING ~INTO VERNON PARISH AROUND 1230 AM. PERSONS IN VERNON PARISH SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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 | Jasper | 66 min |
| 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, 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, 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.