Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 29, 1989, 3:15 AM CST for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 105 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1989, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1989, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nacogdoches 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 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 KBPT 290916 FFWBPT TXC347-291130- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 315 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR TEXAS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PERSONS IN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY UNTIL 5 AM CST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LUFKIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED BOTH BONITA AND LANANA CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES. ALSO...FARM ROAD 204...HIGHWAY 7... AND HIGHWAY 21 EAST IN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IS REPORTED FLOODED. ALTHOUGH RESIDENTIAL FLOODING IS NOT OCCURRING AT THIS TIME...PERSONS IN NACOGDOCHES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND OR PROTECTING VALUABLE ARTICLES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO TRAVEL UNTIL THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE SUBSIDED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, Mar 29, 2:41 AM CST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 240 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 8AM CST... AT 2225 AM CST...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM RAYBURN LAKE TO KOUNTZE TO JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO THE COAST IN THE GALVESTON AREA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER FROM SABINE PASS TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. A LARGE ALMOST SOLID MASS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTENDED INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA FROM CAMERON TO MANY AND MANSFIELD. LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO SABINE PASS. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:45 AM CST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 240 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 8AM CST... AT 225 AM CST...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM RAYBURN LAKE TO KOUNTZE TO JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO THE COAST IN THE GALVESTON AREA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER FROM SABINE PASS TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. A LARGE ALMOST SOLID MASS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTENDED INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA FROM CAMERON TO MANY AND MANSFIELD. LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO SABINE PASS. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 1:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Angelina | 15 min |
Nearby
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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.