Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Feb 26, 1998, 6:16 AM CST (12:16 UTC)

Expired

Feb 26, 1998, 7:00 AM CST

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Jasper County, TX

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KLCH 261215 RRA
SVRLCH
TXC241-261300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
616 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

   ...JASPER COUNTY

AT 615 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JASPER TO
20 MILES WEST OF KIRBYVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE COMMUNTIES OF JASPER...TOWN BLUFF...KIRBYVILLE AND MAGNOLIA
SPRINGS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH WITH THIS STORM.

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 Feb 26, 2:20 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
220 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

APPROACHING SQUALL LINE WILL AFFECT N PORTIONS OF FA AND MAY BUILD
SOUTHWARD AS IT MOVES EAST. ALTHOUGH CURRENT RADAR TRENDS NOT SHOWING
ANY SOUTHWARD BUILDING. SVR WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL A POSSIBILITY
AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH. KLCH VWP SHOWING 45 TO 50 KT SE FLOW AT
2 KFT. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATING DW PTS IN LOWER 60S AHEAD OF
LINE...PROVIDING AN ABUNDANCE OF LLM. SFC LOW WILL WORK NE UP TX
COAST LATER THIS MORNING AS SFC TROF PUSHES EAST.

KHGX RADAR SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE SW BEHIND
THE LINE AS ADDITIONAL ENERGY REMAINS BEHIND LEAD SHRT WV. FOR THIS
REASON WILL INCLUDE SCT POPS FOR BPT AREA FOR MORN ACTIVITY. IN
AGREEMENT WITH 94E...WHICH SHOWS FLASH FLOOD THREAT IN CEN LA
AND NORTHWARD WHICH IS IN AXIS OF BEST DYNAMICS COUPLED WITH DEEP
MOISTURE. DRYING WILL OCCUR BEHIND SFC TROF LATER THIS AFT. S PORTIONS
OF LA WILL LIKELY SEE BEST RAIN CHC LATER IN THE MORNING AS PACIFIC
FRONT MOVES THROUGH.  HIGH TEMPS SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE 70S IN BREEZY
W FLOW THIS AFT. ANOTHER SFC TROF WILL APPROACH NW PORTIONS OF FA FRIDAY
NIGHT AND MAY ACT AS FOCUS FOR A FEW SHWRS IF ENOUGH MOISTURE IS PRESENT.

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BPT 76/43/65 600
LCH 75/44/64 700
LFT 75/45/64 700
AEX 73/42/64 800

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