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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 3:55 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 202055 TORBPT TXC245-202200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 355 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 355 PM THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM ENTERING JEFFERSON COUNTY 12 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CHINA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADO... GOLFBALL TO GRAPEFRUIT SIZED HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM....TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 SMZALL 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. LINHARES & 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, Apr 20, 1:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ165-152-167-166-202015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 108 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST TEXAS AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 400 PM... AT 105 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR MONROE LOUISIANA TO NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA TO NEAR LUFKIN TO HUNTSVILLE TO COLUMBUS. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUFKIN IN ANGELINA COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. LINHARES NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:15 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-202115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 315 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT... AT 315 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEER PARK AT I-10. A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORRIGAN IN POLK COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MW NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | San Augustine | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Sabine | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 41 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.