Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1999, 12:03 PM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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 10, 1999, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1999, 12:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Martin Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Martinville, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 101703 RRA TORLCH LAC099-101750- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1203 PM CDT MON MAY 10 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1250 PM CDT * AT 1202 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF ST. MARTINVILLE OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF HENDERSON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR HENDERSON BY 1204 PM CDT BUTTE LA ROSE BY 1210 PM CDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM jSUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. K. KUYPER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 10, 10:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 10:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1022 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1999 COORD WITH SPC...CAN EXPECT WATCH TO BE DROPPED BEHIND THE LINE OF TSTMS. WILL UPDATE WRKLC1. 11 BPT LCH LFT AEX
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1032 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 AM 5 E WOODVILLE TX TORNADO
05/10/99 TYLER POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
5 E WOODVILLE ON HWY 190.
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN.
EYEWITNESSES SAW DEBRIS
FLYING IN THE AIR.
0755 AM 5 E KOUNTZE TX TORNADO
05/10/99 HARDIN TIN BUILDING DESTROYED,
NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED
BETWEEN KOUNTZE AND SILSBEE.
0800 AM BEAUMONT TX WIND DAMAGE
05/10/99 JEFFERSON TREES DOWNED ACROSS BEAUMONT
0810 AM BUNA TX TORNADO
05/10/99 JASPER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN
EVADALE AND BUNA. SEVERAL
HOMES DAMAGED ALONG HWY 96.
0840 AM BURKEVILLE TX TORNADO
05/10/99 NEWTON WINDOWS BLOWN OUTOF
BUILDINGS AND TREES DOWNED
IN BURKEVILE.
0830 AM ORANGE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/10/99 ORANGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED
ERICKSONSpecial weather statement, May 10, 10:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-101600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1035 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELED... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NOON HOUR TAPERING OFF TOWARDS THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH/DROUGHT.HTM K. KUYPER
Special weather statement, May 10, 10:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-101600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1035 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELED... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NOON HOUR TAPERING OFF TOWARDS THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH/DROUGHT.HTM K. KUYPER
Local storm report, May 10, 11:55 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1155 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0853 AM MERRYVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/10/99 BEAUREGARD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF
BEAUREGARD PARISH FROM
SHERIFFS OFFICE
0930 AM LEESVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/10/99 VERNON TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 8
WEST OF LEESVILLE BETWEEN
930 TO 945 AM REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, May 10, 11:55 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1155 AM CDT MON MAY 10 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0853 AM MERRYVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/10/99 BEAUREGARD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF
BEAUREGARD PARISH FROM
SHERIFFS OFFICE
0930 AM LEESVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/10/99 VERNON TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 8
WEST OF LEESVILLE BETWEEN
930 TO 945 AM REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| May 10, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 50 min |
| May 10, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 50 min |
| May 10, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 57 min |
| May 10, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 57 min |
| May 10, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 48 min |
| May 10, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 51 min |
| May 10, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 77 min |
| May 10, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 77 min |
| May 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 60 min |
| May 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 63 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.