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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 8, 1995Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1995, 9:18 AM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 12 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1937 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
14.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 081418
TORBPT
TXC361-081430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
918 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN NORTHEAST
ORANGE COUNTY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 30 MPH.
 
PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ORANGE AND NORTHEAST ORANGE COUNTY SHOULD
TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin51 min
May 8, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson60 min
May 8, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange66 min
May 8, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson28 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.