Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1999, 5:58 PM CDT for Jasper County, Texas. 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 27, 1999, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kirbyville, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 27, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA/SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 205 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1999 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH SFC TROF NEAR COAST. SAT/RADAR SHOWING A FEW SHWRS ALONG SEA BREEZE/WEAK SFC BOUNDARY ALONG IMMEDIATE SE TX/SW LA COAST AS WELL AS CLDS ASSOC WITH THE WEAK SFC FRONT IN EXTREME NORTHERN FA. H5 LOW MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG RED RIVER VALLEY WITH WEAK S/WV ROTATING THROUGH EAST- CENTRAL TX. SHORT TERM...FCST CONCERN IS POPS. MODELS/MANUAL PROGS BRING WEAK SFC FRONT DOWN TO NEAR THE COAST TNGT. ETA LOOKS GOOD AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM WITH PLACEMENT OF UPPER LOW IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OK AND S/WV IN EASTERN TX MOVING THRU CENTRAL LA BY 00Z. WITH S/WVS AND WEAK SFC BOUNDARIES BEING THE MAIN FOCUSING MECHANISMS...DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD PCPN COVERAGE. WILL STAY CLOSE TO NGM GUIDANCE POPS AND GO WITH 40 SOUTH AND 30 NORTH TNGT. FOR TEMPS...WILL STAY CLOSE TO LAST NIGHTS MINS. FRI...SFC FRONT PROGGED TO STALL/DISSIPATE ALONG COAST. MODELS WEAKEN UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE OZARKS WITH VORT LOBE MOVING ACROSS FA FRI AFT. WITH MEAN RH OF 70%...LIMITED THETA RIDGING AND WEAK LIFT...MAJOR PCPN EVENT THAT REGION NEEDS BADLY NOT IN CARDS. WILL ONCE AGAIN STAY CLOSE GUIDANCE...GOING WITH 40 FOR SOUTH AND 30 FOR NORTH 2ND PERIOD. FOR TEMPS...SOME SCT CLD CVR LIKELY IN AM AND WILL BUMP NGM TEMPS UP 2-3 TO REFLECT THIS. FRI NIGHT THRU SAT NIGHT...SFC HIGH PRES WILL MOVE NEAR ATL COAST LATE SAT WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING. WEAKENING H5 TROF MOVES NE ALONG WITH BEST LIFT. AVN DEPICTS A COUPLE OF WEAK S/WVS MOVING THRU FA FRI NIGHT/SAT. WILL GO WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO POPS FOR 3RD/4TH PERIODS. TEMPS WILL RUN CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE. EXTENDED...MRF TAKES NEXT PAC H5 TROF AND DIGS IT OFF SOCAL MON WITH S/WV TROF ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN WX WITH SCT AFT SHWRS/TSTMS THRU MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. PRELIM CCFS: LCH EE 069/086 068/086 069 4433 LFT EE 068/086 067/085 067 4433 AEX EE 065/084 063/084 064 3322 BPT EE 070/086 069/085 069 4433 INTERIOR SE TX ZONES: EE 066/085 065/085 066 3322 18
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
LAZ030>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1999 ...MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION THIS SPRING HAS CAUSED EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE LATEST SOIL MOISTURE INDICIES SHOW MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS YEAR TO DATE ARE GENERALLY 5 TO 10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL WITH PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT THIS RAINFALL IS NOT LIKELY TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SIMILAR TO THE SPRING 1998 DROUGHT. LONGER RANGE CLIMATE PREDICTIONS INDICATE NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL PROJECTED FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS. WITH RAINFALL DEFICITS AS HIGH AS 12 INCHES...THE REGION IS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE SUMMER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DROUGHT EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED THROUGH OUR HOME PAGE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. ALLEN
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
LAZ030>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1999 ...MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION THIS SPRING HAS CAUSED EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE LATEST SOIL MOISTURE INDICIES SHOW MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS YEAR TO DATE ARE GENERALLY 5 TO 10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL WITH PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT THIS RAINFALL IS NOT LIKELY TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SIMILAR TO THE SPRING 1998 DROUGHT. LONGER RANGE CLIMATE PREDICTIONS INDICATE NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL PROJECTED FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS. WITH RAINFALL DEFICITS AS HIGH AS 12 INCHES...THE REGION IS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE SUMMER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DROUGHT EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED THROUGH OUR HOME PAGE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. ALLEN
Local storm report, May 27, 5:28 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
528 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM RAYNE LA FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/99 ACADIA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.Local storm report, May 27, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
555 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0544 PM LEESVILLE LA 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/27/99 VERNON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SHERRIFF.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 63 min |
| May 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 61 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.