Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1995, 10:18 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1995, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 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 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 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 TTAA00 KLCH 060319 RRA SVRLCH LAC003-053-060415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1018 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ALLEN PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 1017 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM NEAR DE RIDDER TO JUST EAST OF LAKE CHARLES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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.
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, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 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, 3 hours 43 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
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-060245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 850 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 850 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO NEWTON TO BEAUMONT...EXTENDING SOUTH OF SEARIM 40 MILES OFFSHORE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MW NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 917 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE DE QUINCY AREA MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 915 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN NEAR DE QUINCY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVES NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 917 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE DE QUINCY AREA MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 915 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN NEAR DE QUINCY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVES NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1000 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1000 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO WOODVILLE TO KIRBYVILLE TO SABINE PASS...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES OFFSHORE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. MW NNNN
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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.