Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1995, 6:37 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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 14, 1995, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1995, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Holmwood, LA | Tornado touched down in a rice field. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 150037 TORLCH LAC019-053-150115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 637 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...CALCASIEU PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 635 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. 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 INTERIOR 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, Mar 14, 3:04 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 304 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 300 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA FROM FORT POLK TO MANSFIELD. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM COLLEGE STATION...NORTH TO CORSICANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAS OF SHOWERS CAN DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY OVER AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH VERY LITTLE NOTICE . PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 3:12 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 304 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 300 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA FROM FORT POLK TO MANSFIELD. THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF RAINSHOWERS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM COLLEGE STATION...NORTH TO CORSICANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAS OF SHOWERS CAN DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY OVER AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH VERY LITTLE NOTICE . PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS> AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 4:33 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ165-201-511-215-182-152-216-180-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 433 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... AT 430 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN HARDIN COUNTY. A RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY OF THICKET REPORTED MARBLE-SIZED HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR WESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TO TYLER TEXAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING AND THREATENING WEATHER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR OR LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COLBY & NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 5:29 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 529 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 525 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN HOUSTON...AND WOODVILLE...AND LUFKIN. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST...PRODUCING MARBLE SIZED HAIL. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS SLOWLY OVER THE AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE RAPIDLY OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING...SOME PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED GUSTY WINDS BEFORE DYING OUT. RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES OR WARNINGS AS REQUIRED. JH NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:17 PM CST, 20 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-150115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 620 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... AT 620 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF WOODVILLE TO SOUR LAKE TO TRINITY BAY TO NEAR GALVESTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF NOME AND CHINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EASTWARD NEAR 15 MPH. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS RESIDENTS OF BEAUMONT...THE MID COUNTY AREA...KOUNTZE...AND SILSBEE CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COLBY NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:20 PM CST, 17 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-150115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 620 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... AT 620 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF WOODVILLE TO SOUR LAKE TO TRINITY BAY TO NEAR GALVESTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF NOME AND CHINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EASTWARD NEAR 15 MPH. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS RESIDENTS OF BEAUMONT...THE MID COUNTY AREA...KOUNTZE...AND SILSBEE CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COLBY NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 56 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.