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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1995, 11:51 PM CST for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1995, 11:51 PM CST (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1995, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 270551 TORBPT TXC241-270630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1151 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY ...AT 1150 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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. JH NNNN
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 26, 9:51 PM CST, 2 hours before
TXZ165-152-166-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 951 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN PARTS OF EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... AT 945 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM GROVETON THROUGH NACOGDOCHES EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO CEDAR POINT AND FURTHER INTO SHELBY COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MW NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:24 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ181-182-167-180-270630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1024 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995 ...A LINE OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING TYLER COUNTY... AT 1025 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF TYLER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. RESIDENTS OF TYLER...JASPER...SABINE...AND NEWTONS COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. MW NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 2:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 3:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 43 min |
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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.