Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1995, 8:12 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1995, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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, 1.2 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
- 649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 KBPT 060112 RRA SVRBPT TXC351-060145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 812 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AT 811 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIRBYVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WERE INDICATED IN THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE CITY OF NEWTON. 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, Apr 5, 3:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 346 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 340 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CORSICANA...SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF CROCKETT...TO HUNTSVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF KATY...TO EL CAMPO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NACOGDOCHES TO BEAUMONT AND EASTWARD CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 600 PM CDT...WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF LOCALLY HtEAVY DOWNPOURS EXPECTED. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 11 PM CDT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 346 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 340 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CORSICANA...SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF CROCKETT...TO HUNTSVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF KATY...TO EL CAMPO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NACOGDOCHES TO BEAUMONT AND EASTWARD CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 600 PM CDT...WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVYX DOWNPOURS EXPECTED. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 11 PM CDT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 446 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 340 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CORSICANA...SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF CROCKETT...TO HUNTSVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF KATY...TO EL CAMPO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NACOGDOCHES TO BEAUMONT AND EASTWARD CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 600 PM CDT...WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 11 PM CDT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 525 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 525 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY CITY TO HOUSTON TO LIVINGSTON BACK TO PALESTINE. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS AHEAD OF THE LINE FROM WINNIE TO NORTH OF DAISETTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM BEAUMONT TO BRIDGE CITY TO ORANGE. ALSO... AN AREA OF SHOWERS LAY JUST OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST FROM THE GALVESTON JETTIES TO HOLLY BEACH LOUISIANA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLE PEA SIZE HAIL. MW NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 625 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 525 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY CITY TO HOUSTON TO LIVINGSTON BACK TO PALESTINE. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS AHEAD OF THE LINE FROM WINNIE TO NORTH OF DAISETTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM BEAUMONT TO BRIDGE CITY TO ORANGE. ALSO... AN AREA OF SHOWERS LAY JUST OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST FROM THE GALVESTON JETTIES TO HOLLY BEACH LOUISIANA. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLE PEA SIZE HAIL. MW NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 635 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 635 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE ORIGINAL LINE AND EXTENDED FROM THE GALVESTON JETTIES TO FANNETTE TO WOODVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CHESTER AND NEAR KOUNTZE AND NEAR FANNETTE. ANOTHER LINE EXTENDED FROM FREEPORT THROUGH HOUSTON TO LUFKIN AND WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. MW NNNN
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.