Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 26, 1998, 6:51 AM CST (12:51 UTC)

Expired

Jan 26, 1998, 7:55 AM CST

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KLCH 261254 RRA
SVRLCH
GMZ450-TXC245-351-361-261355-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
651 AM CST MON JAN 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 755 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY
   ...ORANGE COUNTY

AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

AT 648 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DEWEYVILLE TO NEAR NOME. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE
STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES...COMPUTERS...OR OTHER
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 26, 2:42 AM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
242 AM CST MON JAN 26 1998

VIGOROUS 5H S/W WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY TODAY AS
90 KT 3H JET MAX DIVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER
MS VALLEY. THIS WILL CREATE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AT 08Z SFC COLD FRONT
WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TX WITH PREFRONTAL TROF JUST OUT AHEAD
OF IT. EXPECT COLD FRONT TO PUSH INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS AROUND
18Z AND EXIT THE SE PORTION OF THE FA BY 03Z TUESDAY. WITH STRONG
UVV BEING PRODUCED BY THE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS AND WITH AMS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE...THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBLITY OF SOME STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. WOULD NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SVR TSRA WITH LIS
FORECASTED TO FALL TO AROUND -5 ACROSS SOUTHERN LA BY AFTERNOON.
AFTER FROPA...SKIES WILL CLR OUT RATHER NICELY.    10

LCH 61/45/65 800  AEX  57/41/63 800
LFT 60/44/63 800  BPT  63/44/66 800

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