Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 8:44 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 8:44 AM CST (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:15 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Abbeville, LA | Tornado reported by State Police. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 071445 TORLCH LAC001-055-113-071545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 844 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ACADIA PARISH...LAFAYETTE PARISH...VERMILION PARISH AT 840 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE. THIS TORNADO IS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUNKIE TO WHITE LAKE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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
Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:04 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
404 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
DATE/TIME LOCATION REPORT
06/1827 CST EGAN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY KLFY
ACADIA PARISH CHANNEL 10
06/1945 CST DE RIDDER SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED DIME
BEAUREGARD PARISH DIME SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF
DE RIDDER
06/2015 CST 2 1/2 S OF GLENMORA RAPIDES 911 REPORTED 1/4 INCH
RAPIDES PARISH HAIL
06/2025 CST 5 W OF DE RIDDER PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
BEAUREGARD PARISH
06/2030 CST 6 E OF PITKIN RAPIDES 911 REPORTED THAT
RAPIDES PARISH THUNDERSTORM WINDS HAD BLOWN
A TREE DOWN INTO A LIVING ROOM
06/2035 CST JUST N OF PITKIN PUBLIC REPORTED THAT A TORNADO
VERNON PARISH KNOCKED DOWN SOME POLES...TREES
...AND POWER LINES JUST NORTH
OF PITKIN
06/2100 CST LEANDER VALLEY ELECTRIC REPORTED
VERNON PARISH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN LEANDER
06/2110 CST BOYCE RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
RAPIDES PARISH REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN BOYCE
06/2120 CST TOPSEY PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL
CALCASIEU PARISH
06/2125 CST PITKIN BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC REPORTED
VERNON PARISH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN
06/2133 CST BOYCE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
RAPIDES PARISH HAIL..WINDS GUSTING TO 44 MPH
..AND 2.86 INCHES OF RAIN IN
A ONE HOUR PERIOD
06/2138 CST REAVES PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
BEAUREGARD PARISH HAIL
06/2200 CST IOTA PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
ACADIA PARISH HAIL
06/2200 CST MITTIE BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC REPORTED
ALLEN PARISH SOME TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
06/2210 CST JOHNSONS BAYOU CAMERON SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
CAMERON PARISH DEPUTY REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL
06/2210 CST JUST S OF VINTON PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL
CALCASIEU PARISH NEAR GUM COVE WHICH IS JUST
SOUTH OF VINTON
06/2220 CST COLFAX GRANT SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
GRANT PARISH REPORTED A ROOF BLOWN OFF A
TRAILOR HOUSE AND NUMEROUS
TREES BLOWN DOWN
06/2221 CST GARDNER RAPIDES 911 REPORTED NUMEROUS
RAPIDES PARISH TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN
DOWN. THEY ALSO REPORTED
THAT AN OVERHANG OF A GARAGE
WAS BLOWN OFF.
06/2225 CST JUST S OF VINTON PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE
CALCASIEU PARISH HAIL NEAR GUM COVE WHICH IS
JUST SOUTH OF VINTON
06/2230 CST EGAN ACADIA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
ACADIA PARISH REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
COVERING THE GROUND AT EGAN
06/2300 CST COLFAX GRANT SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
GRANT PARISH REPORTED 4 TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN THE COLFAX AREA
06/2300 CST PINEVILLE RAPIDES SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
RAPIDES PARISH REPORTED TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN PINEVILLE
06/2300 CST MAMOU CLECO POWER COMPANY REPORTED
EVANGELINE PARISH SOME TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN THE MAMOU AREA
06/2305 CST TIOGA RAPIDES SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
RAPIDES PARISH REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
06/2310 CST CHURCH POINT KLFY CHANNEL 10 REPORTED
ACADIA PARISH MARBLE SIZE HAIL
06/2315 CST DRY CREEK AND RAGLEY BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC REPORTED
BEAUREGARD PARISH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
06/2330 CST SULPHUR PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL
CALCASIEU PARISH SIZE HAIL
06/2335 CST 3 SW OF KINDER PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL
ALLEN PARISH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING
TO 58 MPH
06/2355 CST HACKBERRY GSU REPORTED SOME POWER
CAMERON PARISH LINES DOWN IN THE HACKBERRY
AREA
07/0000 CST PINEVILLE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
RAPIDES PARISH HAIL
07/0000 CST MOSS BLUFF CALCASIEU SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
CALCASIEU PARISH REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
DOWN
07/0005 CST OBLERLIN BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC REPORTED
ALLEN PARISH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN NEAR OBERLIN
07/0030 CST 3 W OF VILLE PLATTE EVANGELINE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
EVANGELINE PARISH REPORTED A POLE WAS BLOWN
DOWN ON HIGHWAY 10 3 MILES
WEST OF VILLE PLATTE
07/0045 CST VINTON CALCASIEU SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
CALCASIEU PARISH REPORTED NUMEROUS TREE AND
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
07/0120 CST VINTON TO SULPHUR PUBLIC REPORTED TO CALCASIEU
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT THAT
NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN BETWEEN SULPHUR AND
VINTON
07/0200 CST LACASSINE JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC REPORTED
JEFF DAVIS PARISH POWER LINES DOWN
07/0210 CST ELTON POWER COMPANIES REPORTED POWER
JEFF DAVIS PARISH LINES DOWN
07/0220 CST VILLE PLATTE EVANGELINE SHERIFF OFFICE
EVANGELINE PARISH REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN
VILLE PLATTE
07/0220 CST JUST SW OF CROWLEY ACADIA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
ACADIA PARISH REPORTED A LARGE TREE BLOWN
JUST SW OF THE CROWLEY CITY
LIMITSSpecial weather statement, Mar 7, 7:00 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 700 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF JASPER...NEWTON...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE HAVE EXPIRED... ...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO SABINE PASS HAS EXPIRED... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 650 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA FROM FORT POLK TO JUST EAST OF SABINE PASS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HIGH WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDING...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS. AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS COVERED EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LONGVIEW...TO LUFKIN...TO HOUSTON...TO CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. JH NNNN
Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:20 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUPPLEMENTAL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
720 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME CST COUNTY EVENT
530 AM JEFFERSON NUMEROUS RPTS OF TREES
DOWN IN WESTERN HALF OF
COUNTY BY SHERIFF
530 AM HARDIN NUMEROUS RPTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTY-WIDE BY SHERIFF
600 AM JASPER NUMEROUS RPTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTY-WIDE BY SHERIFF
615 AM NEWTON TREES DOWN NEAR NEWTON
AND BURKEVILLELocal storm report, Mar 7, 7:26 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
720 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME CST COUNTY EVENT
300 AM HARDIN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
KOUNTZE BY COUNTY SHERIFF
325 AM TYLER QUARTER SIZED HAIL 5
SOUTH OF WOODVILLE BY
COUNTY SHERIFF
340 AM JASPER QUA
BURKEVILLE BY SHERIFF
500 AM SABINE NUM
B SHERIFFLocal storm report, Mar 7, 7:28 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
720 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME CST COUNTY EVENT
300 AM HARDIN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
KOUNTZE BY COUNTY SHERIFF
325 AM TYLER QUARTER SIZED HAIL 5
SOUTH OF WOODVILLE BY
COUNTY SHERIFF
340 AM JASPER QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR
BURKEVILLE BY SHERIFF
500 AM SABINE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
L DOWNED TREES BY
SHERIFFLocal storm report, Mar 7, 7:34 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUPPLEMENTAL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR, TX
720 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME CST COUNTY EVENT
530 AM JEFFERSON NUMEROUS RPTS OF TREES
DOWN IN WESTERN HALF OF
COUNTY BY SHERIFF
530 AM HARDIN NUMEROUS RPTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
COUNTY-WIDE BY SHERIFF
600 AM JASPER NUMEROUS RPTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
l COUNTY-WIDE BY SHERIFF
615 AM NEWTON TREES DOWN NEAR NEWTON
AND BURKEVILLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 12:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 6:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis, Rapides | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.