Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
730AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY...

WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
JEFFERSON COUNTY TEXAS FROM HOUSTON.  THESE STORMS EARLIER PRODUCED
SOME DAMAGING WINDS NEAR ALVIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 35 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS AND A HEAVY DOWNPOUR SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS
THE METROPOLITAN AREA.  FURTHER NORTH AROUND THE LAKES AREA AMOUNTS
WERE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. DUE TO THE LACK OF RAIN FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY..
HOWEVER LOCAL URBAN FLOODING AND PONDING PROBLEMS COULD OCCUR WITH
THE HEAVIEST STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
845AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

WEATHER RADARS SHOW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE
METROPOLITAN AREA.  THE STORMS COVERED MUCH OF HARDIN COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  ADDITIONAL
STORMS WERE LkOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF HOUSTON.  THESE STORMS MAY
AFFECT OUR AREA LATER THIS MORNING.