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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 26, 1986Hardin County, Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1986, 2:30 PM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1986, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1986-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1986-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
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TXC005-457-199-245-361-262330-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
230 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL
630 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PERSON IN ANGELINA, TYLER, HARDIN,
JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED
COUNTIES.  RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE
HOURS.

BRIDGE CITY HAS MEASURED 7.50 INCHES TODAY AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS
AROUND VOTAW HAVE MEASURED OVER 5 INCHES.  

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BRIDGE CITY AND AROUND VOTAW.  THE
HEADWATERS OF PINE ISLAND BAYOU IS3 FLOODING.

PERSONS LIVING NEAR LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT CROSSING DEEP
WATER.  PARENTS SHOULD NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY NEAR SWIFT AND SWOLLEN
STREAMS.

DCG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
945 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST
   AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 930 AM...A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS
LOCATED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BEAUMONT TO JUST EAST OF THE CITY TO
SABINE PASS INTO THE GULF UP TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PASS AND
JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR LIBERTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND WEST
OF BEAUMONT WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE.

ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS SHOWN FROM JUST
WEST OF LAFAYETTE ACROSS WHITE LAKE INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE.

A BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE
TO ALEXANDRIA.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS
FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE TO DERIDDER AND LAKE CHARLES TO HOUSTON
EXTENDING INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHITE LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST N15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION TROPICAL STORM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
945 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST
   AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 930 AM...A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS
LOCATED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BEAUMONT TO JUST EAST OF THE CITY TO
SABINE PASS INTO THE GULF UP TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PASS AND
JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR LIBERTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND WEST
OF BEAUMONT WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE.

ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS SHOWN FROM JUST
WEST OF LAFAYETTE ACROSS WHITE LAKE INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE.

A BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE
TO ALEXANDRIA.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS
FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE TO DERIDDER AND LAKE CHARLES TO HOUSTON
EXTENDING INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHIYTE LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1045 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST
   AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1035 AM...A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED
FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR THE CITY AND SABINE PASS
INTO THE COASTAL WATERS 25 MILES OFFSHORE SABINE PASS/GALVESTON/
FREEPORT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO SHOWN 25 MILES NORTH
WEST OF BEAUMONT.

A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH
THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA TO JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO THE
COAST AND INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS  FROM NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO THE COAST SOUTH OF
LAFAYETTE WEST TO JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES TO HOUSTON AND IN THE
GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHITE LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1135 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST
   AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1125 AM...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTHWEST OF SABINE PASS
ACROSS BEAUMONT TO NEAR KIRBYVILLE AND FROM BEAUMONT NORTHWEST TO
MIDWAY BETWEEN LIBERTY AND LIVINGSTON LAKE.

A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST
TIP OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR LAFAYETTE AND IN THE GULF FROM 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL/
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE
SOUTH TO THE COAST THEN WEST TO FORT POLK AND LUFKIN SOUTH ACRO	SS
LAKE CHARLES AND HOUSTON INTO THE GULF UP TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF
GALVESTON TO WHITE LAKE.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1248 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF
   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND FOR GRANT AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL
   LOUISIANA...

AT 1230 PM...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ALONG THE COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TO SABINE PASS TO
ORANGE...BETWEEN JASPER..BEAUMONT..AND CONROE...AND IN SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO WHITE LAKE TO THE GULF 20 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITE LAKE.

WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN COVERED ALL OF
SOUTHWEST ANAD MOST OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA..MOST OF EAST TEXAS..AND THE
NORTHWEST GULF FROM FREEPORT TO VERMILION BAY TO BEYOND 100 MILES
OFFSHORE.
MOVEMENT OF THIS LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITION WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:47 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 PM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF
   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND FOR GRANT AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL
   LOUISIANA...

AT 125 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE SHOWN NEAR LAFAYETTE
AND EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF OPELOUSAS.  IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE NEAR SILSBEE...IN THE HIGH ISLAND AREA...NEAR
PORT ARTHUR...AND OVER THE SABINE RIVER NORTHWEST OF VINTON.

OTHERWISE RAIN AND AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE
AREA SOUTH OF A LINE jFROM LUFKIN TEXAS TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...
TO BATON ROUGE.  THE AREA EXTENDED OFFSHORE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
VERMILION BAY TO 60 TO 80 OFFSHORE MILES FROM CAMERON TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange6 hr
Jun 26, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson32 min
Jun 26, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper55 min
Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAngelina, Tyler4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.