Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WRUS2 KBPT 261930 FFWBPT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Tyler | 4 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.