Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1995, 3:46 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1995, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1995, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 KLCH 270947 TORLCH LAC011-019-271045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 346 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH...NORTHERN CALCASIEU PARISH AT 345 AM...LAKE CHARLES DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF FIELDS IN SOUTHWEST BEAUREGARD PARISH. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 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.
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, 10:24 PM CST, 5 hours 22 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
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:00 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1200 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING VERNON PARISH... AT 1155 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES IN JASPER. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH AROUND 1230 AM. PERSONS IN VERNON PARISH SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:02 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1200 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING VERNON PARISH... AT 1155 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES IN JASPER. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND IT WILL BE MOVING ~INTO VERNON PARISH AROUND 1230 AM. PERSONS IN VERNON PARISH SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:32 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ201-181-511-215-182-216-167-271030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 232 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF SABINE...JASPER...NEWTON...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY... AT 225 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOUNTZE NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF FORT POLK LOUISIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED AS NECESSARY. MW NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:45 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-270945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THRU VERNON PARISH... AT 240 AM...A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEESVILLE TO AROUND FORT POLK. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS VERNON PARISH INTO RAPIDES PARISH.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:49 AM CST, 57 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-270945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 AM CST MON MAR 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THRU VERNON PARISH... AT 240 AM...A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEESVILLE TO AROUND FORT POLK. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS VE:RNON PARISH INTO RAPIDES PARISH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 3:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 4:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 59 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.