Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 2:06 AM CST (08:06 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 3:15 AM CST

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary 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.

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LAC045-099-101-099-240915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
206 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...IBERIA PARISH...LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH...ST. MARY PARISH
   ...UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH
 
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
AT 205 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COMING
ONSHORE PECAN ISLAND AND FRANKLIN AND INLAND AS FAR NORTHEAST AS
LOREAUVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE 3/4 INCH HAIL AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 KNOTS.
 
CITIES AND TOWNS AFFECTED IN THIS WARNING ARE JEANERRETTE...WEEKS...
BALDWIN...AND CHARENTON.
 
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 Jan 23, 7:50 PM CST, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
750 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997

LOW TEMPS FOR FA NR 60 LK GOOD. MAY WANT TO TWEAK AEX UP A BIT.
CHC POPS FOR BPT...GOOD CHC LCH AND LFT...LIKELY FOR AEX SUGGESTED
AS CLRNG TROF APPCHNG AND SHOWERS WEAKENING IN THE FA. TROF SHUD
MOVE THRU ARND MIDNITE. LKS LIKE SVR ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN TO THE
NORTH. ANTICIPATE WATCH BEING LIFTED BY UPDATE TIME FOR FA.
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In the hours before

LAZ028-027-TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-240500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
957 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM...

RADARS INDICATE ONLY WEAK AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM SOUTHEAST
TEXAS EAST THROUGH SOUTH LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
IN NORTH LOUISIANA. ONLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERNON AND RAPIDES
PARISHES REMAIN IN THE WATCH...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEESVILLE
TO ALEXANDRIA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL
AS CRABLE TV OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

LAZ028-027-TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-240500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
957 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM...

RADARS INDICATE ONLY WEAK AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM SOUTHEAST
TEXAS EAST THROUGH SOUTH LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
IN NORTH LOUISIANA. ONLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERNON AND RAPIDES
PARISHES REMAIN IN THE WATCH...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEESVILLE
TO ALEXANDRIA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL
AS CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.