Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1995, 5:30 PM CST for Allen Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 1995, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 12:00Z, 11.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 222330 TORLCH LAC003-053-230030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 530 PM CST SUN JAN 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ALLEN PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 530 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR RAGLEY IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIROR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jan 22, 2:31 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 231 PM CST SUN JAN 22 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVEVNING FOR JEFFERSON...ORANGE...HARDIN...TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON...SABINE ...ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES. AT 225 PM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON FROM BREHMAN TO NEAR HUNTSVILLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST UP COLLEGE STATION TO NACOGDOCHES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADIC CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MC NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 3:12 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 312 PM CST SUN JAN 22 1995 AT 305 PM...LAKE CHARLES RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES WEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES HOUR AND IT SHOULD BE MOVING INTO CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS ALREADY UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...AND TORNADOES IN THE HOUSTON AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 3:14 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 312 PM CST SUN JAN 22 1995 AT 305 PM...LAKE CHARLES RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES WEST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES HOUR AND IT SHOULD BE MOVING INTO CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM CENTER HAS PLACED ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS ALREADY UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...AND TORNADOES IN THE HOUSTON AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
Local storm report, Jan 22, 3:53 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
353 PM CST SUN JAN 22 1995
TIME LOCATION REPORT
345 PM CST CALCASIEU VINTON CITY POLICE REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 68 min |
| Jan 22, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 67 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.