Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1987, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 2255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLCH 012312
FFWLCH
LAC019-011515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
615 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7.15 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISH...
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
...CALCASIEU
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE MOVING THROUGH CALCASIEU
PARISH. SINCE 6 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS
RECEIVED NEAR FIVE INCHES OF RAIN. STREETS CONTINUE TO BE FLOODED
IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH LAKE CHARLES AND THIS ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS COULD
SEND WATER INTO SOME HOMES.
.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FbLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.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, Jul 1, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1245 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN REFORMIMG WEST THROUGH SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES...KEEP ABREST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AS FUTURE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED... AT 1228 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM WEST OF LAKE CHARLES OVER VINTON TO OVER CAMERON...AND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE SOUTHWEST TO EAST OF VERMILION BAY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHERWISE RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED SOUTH OF A HOUSTON...EUNICE...BATON ROUGE LINEAND THEY EXTEND INTO THE GULF TO OVER 125 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF A KOUNTZE TEXAS...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA LINE.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 430PM CDT WED JUL 01 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE... A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTH INTO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. JEFFERSON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED HAIL APPROACHING ONE HALF INCH FALLING ON HIGHWAY 96 NORTH OF BEAUMONT. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING THE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. AT 430 PM CDT THE LINE RANGES FROM SOUTHWEST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON ACROSS KOUNTZE AND SILSBEE TO NORTH OF DEWEYVILLE AND ON INTO LOUSIANA. THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL OVE%R THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 440 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1987 AT 430 PM... A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF KOUNTZE TEXAS TO THE DE RIDDER AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKE PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH. FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING COULD OCCUR IN BEAUREGARD PARISH WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND SILSBEE...AND NORTHEAST OF CONROE...IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN KINDER AND ALEXANDRIA. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR MANY AND NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 440 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1987 AT 430 PM... A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF KOUNTZE TEXAS TO THE DE RIDDER AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH. FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR IN BEAUREGARD PARISH WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND SILSBEE...AND NORTHEAST OF CONROE...IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN KINDER AND ALEXANDRIA. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR MANY AND NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 546 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AT 530 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM NEAR LIBERTY TEXAS THROUGH SILSBEE AND DE QUINCY TO JUST NORTHWEST OF KINDER. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF DE QUINCY AT 520 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD AND NORTHERN CALCASIEU PARISHES NEED TO REMAIN ALERT JTO THE POSSIBITY OF FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AS THE GROUND IN THESE AREAS IS ALREADY SATURATED.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 610PM CDT WED JUL 01 1987 HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE THIS EVENING. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERS FROM NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON EASTWARD THROUGH THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE ON INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THERE WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THIS LINE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE TRIANGLE THIS EVENING. HAIL NEAR ONE HALF INCH WAS REPORTED ABOUT 430 PM CDT ON HIGHWAY 96 NORTH OF BEAUMONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987
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.