Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jun 13, 1996, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1996, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Avoyelles Parish, LA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 132243
SVRLCH
LAC009-132330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
543 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...AVOYELLES PARISH
 
AT 542 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
COTTONPORT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
303 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1996

LUKS LIKE WE MAY FINALLY GET A DECENT RAIN ACROSS THE FA.
WEAK S/W WITH ASSOCIATED PVA WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH
INTO THE FA TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH
THE ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AMS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
FA WITH HELP TRIGGER THE RW/TRW ACTIVITY. WL LOOK FOR
SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH P.W. VALUES ALREADY
AROUND 2 INCHES AND A LARGE PLUME OF MOISTURE HEADING
THIS WAY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.

10

LCH 75/89/73/89 4533  BPT 75/89/74/89 4533  AEX 71/87/72/90 5532
LFT 73/89/72/89 4533

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.