Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

May 16, 1989, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 1989, 2:15 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Nacogdoches County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TXC347-161915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1212 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
          ...SOUTHERN NACOGDOCHES
 
RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FOLLOWING EACH OTHER
ACROSS NACOGDOCHES COUNTY AS THEY MOVE EAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
EACH THUNDERSTORM WILL DUMP NEAR ONE INCH OF RAIN OR MORE...WATER WILL
ACCUMULATE IN LOW AREAS...NEAR SHOPPING CENTERS...UNDERPASSES AND
STREETS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.  THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES IS IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS...RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COV@ERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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In the hours before

TTAAOO KESF 161255
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA
1255 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300PM
THIS AFTERNOON FOR RAPIDES GRANT AND LASALLE
PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME VERY STRONG WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS THE PARISHES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PERSONS IN CENTRAL SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...AT 1255PM
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS bHAD MOVED INTO RAPIDES AND GRANT
PARISHES MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1045 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 1039 AM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTHWEST
OF MANY IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM JENA TO
THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
DE QUINCY TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1140 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 1126 AM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE
MANY AREA IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

OTHERWISE A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS GENERALLY NORTH
OF A LINE FROM KOUNTZE TEXAS...TO DE QUINCY...TO LEESVILLE...TO JENA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.