Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
240 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY...

AT 225 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM ORANGE TEXAS TO
SABINE PASS TO JUST SOUTH OF SABINE PASS MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE ABOUT TO ENTER WESTERN CALCASIEU AND WESTERN CAMERON
PARISHES.

THE CALCASIEU SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION AS STREET FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY OCCUR IN THESE PARISHES.

ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST TEXAS FORM LUFKIN TO
JASPER TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
MIXED IN WAS SHOWN IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM
SABINE PASS TO EUNICE TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF SABINE
PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SINCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS INCLUDING
DITCHES AND CULVERTS.

PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
345 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...

AT 340 AM CST THIS MORNING THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CITY OF ORANGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG A LINE
FROM FANNETT N'ORTHEAST TOWARD LUMBERTON TO DEWEYVILLE TEXAS.

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
FROM WOODVILLE TO LAKE SAM RAYBURN TO HEMPHILL.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
345 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...

AT 340 AM CST THIS MORNING THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CITY OF ORANGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG A LINE
FROM( FANNETT NORTHEAST TOWARD LUMBERTON TO DEWEYVILLE TEXAS.

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
FROM WOODVILLE TO LAKE SAM RAYBURN TO HEMPHILL.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA...
345 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

315AM CST...TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF EDGERLY LA.OR ABOUT
5 MILES WEST OF SULPHUR LA. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED OR
DAMAGED...REPORTS OF INJURIES...YOUNG BOY PUNCTURE TO HEAD...MOTHER
LACARATIONS TO FACE...GIRL STITCHES TO LEG...ALL INJURIES WERE
SUPERFICIAL...REPORT RECEIVED AT 330 AM BY WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFFS DEPT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
535 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

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

AT 525 AM...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE SHOWN
IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM NORTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES TO SOUTHWEST OF
ALEXANDRIA AND FROM THE SOUTH PART OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO NEAR
DEQUINCY.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF NORTHWEST...WEST
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

A BAND OF SHOWERS DEVELOPED FROM NORTHEAST OF BUNKIE LOUISIANA TO NEAR
WHITE LAKE WHILE THUNDERSHOWERS AND SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN EAST AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR LU@FKIN AND HOUSTON TO GALVESTON AND FREEPORT.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN THE GULF FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA
TO BEYOND 125 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH EAST AT 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
632 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

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

AT 625 AM...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL
...NORTHWEST...AND WEST LOUISIANA INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN THE RAIN WERE INDICATED ACROSS
VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISH...WEST OF KIRBYVILLE TEXAS...AND FROM
HOUSTON ACROSS FREEPORT AND GALVESTON.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM VERNON TO RAPIDES PARISH HAVE ALREADY
PRODUCED SOME REPORTED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.