Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1999, 5:06 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1999, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1999, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Newton, TX |
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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 63 min |
| May 10, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
| May 11, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 59 min |
| May 11, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 63 min |
| May 11, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 64 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
Sources
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.