Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1989, 5:01 PM CDT for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1989, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1989, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 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 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 022203
FFWBPT
TXC347-030000-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
501 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...EASTERN NACOGDOCHES
AT 500 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINS ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS STATIONARY.
VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T~ DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
NNNNWhat 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 2, 12:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1230 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT LAKE CHARLES AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA... DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT AND RAINFALL RATES OCCURING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. AT 12.25 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF 2 INCH OR MORE ARE PRESENTLY OCCURING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN LAKE CHARLES WITH FLOODING OCCURING ON VARIOUS STREETS. A LARGE CLUSTER OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED FROM OAKDALE EASTWARD TO BATON ROUGE AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD TO ALEXANDRIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BETWEEN FREEPORT AND BEAUMONT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. A LARGE PATCH OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING FROM NEAR HOUSTON ACROSS TH$E SABINE RIVER AND OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE GULF EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON AND SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY AND THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 130 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT LAKE CHARLES AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA... HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND AS RESULTS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. AT 1.25 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF 2 INCH OR MORE ARE PRESENTLY OCCURING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN HALF OF LOUISIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR ALEXANDRIA LINE AND EXTENDING EASTWARD BEYOND BATON ROUGE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE UPPER TEXASm COAST BETWEEN FREEPORT AND GALVESTON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF 50 TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA... HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND AS RESULTS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. AT 2.25 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF 2 INCH OR MORE ARE PRESENTLY OCCURING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN HALF OF LOUISIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR MONROE LINE AND EXTENDING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NEW ORLEANS AREA. HEAVIEST OF THESE STORMS WERE INDICATED IN A LINE BETWEEN DEQUINCY AND NORTHWEST OF JENA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BETWEEN HOUSTON AND GALVESTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF 50 TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 325 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA... HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND AS RESULTS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. AT 3.25 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF 2 INCH OR MORE ARE SHOWN FROM BEAUMONT NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHWEST OF MONROE...WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND BATON ROUGE. AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN WAS INDICATED SOUTH OF A TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF LOUISIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BETWEEN HOUSTON AND WEST OF GALVESTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF 50 TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 450 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 430 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM SOUTH WEST OF ABBEVILLE TO MORGAN CITY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. AVOID AREAS OF FLOODING WHILE DRIVING AS THERE IS A POTENTIAL DANGER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS FROM NORTHWEST OF LIBERTY TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OVER EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR HIGH ISLAND TO NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN LAKE AND BEYOND. A LARGE MASS OF RAIN SPREAD FROM WEST OF JASPER TO MONROE AND OVER LOUISIANA TO THE COAST EAST OF CAMERON AND EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVE9R AND BEYOND. OVER THE GULF PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM GALVESTON TO THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY AND OFFSHORE FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 4 hr |
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.