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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 8:35 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 181337 TORLCH TXC199-181430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 835 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...HARDIN COUNTY AT 835 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BATSON AND SARATOGA IN HARDIN COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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, May 18, 4:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-181030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 430 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FOR TYLER... JASPER...NEWTON...HARDIN...ORANGE...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 430 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS TRINITY AND NORTHERN SAN JACINTO COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONIFTOR THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 18, 6:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>032-041-181230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 625 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FOR RAPIDES... AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...GRANT...LA SALLE...ALLEN...BEUREGARD... CALCASIEU...AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 615 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM AROUND LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS TO NER NATCHITOCHES INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 66 min |
| May 18, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 56 min |
| May 18, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 61 min |
| May 18, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 57 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.