Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1989, 10:16 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1989, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1989, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cameron Parish, LA
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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 1621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLCH 301518
FFWLCH
LAC011-019-023-301815-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1016 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES...
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON
RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THESE PARISHES WITH A WERE SLOW MOVEMENT EASTWARD.
IN THE VINTON AREA ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER ALREADY AND WITH
MORE HEAVY RAIN INDICATED IN THE AREA.
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 COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.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, Jun 30, 5:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 540 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY... AT 525 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN WOODVILLE AND KIRBYVILLE ...ACROSS THE BEAUMONT AREA AND INTO THE GULF TO 25 MILES OFFSHORE FROM GALVESTON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LUFKIN...KIRBYVILLE LINE AND EXTENDED TO LAKE LIVINGSTON... LIBERTY...GALVESTON...SABINE PASS AND INTO THE COASTAZL WATERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND OVER THE NORTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 643 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY... AT 625 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM JUST WEST OF KIRBYVILLE...ACROSS THE BEAUMONT AREA AND INTO THE GULF TO 25 MILES OFFSHORE FROM HIGH ISLAND. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND IS NOW MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE SABINE RIVER AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BETWEEN THE PRESENT TIME AND 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM RAYBURN LAKE TEXAS TO DE QUINCY TO THE COAST JUST EAST OF SABINE PASS. THE RAIN EXTENDED WESTWARD TO FREEPORT...LIBERTY...AND LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO SABINE PASS.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 725 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM JUST NORTH OF KIRBYVILLE TEXAS TO JUST EAST OF ORANGE TEXAS. THE LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS SABINE PASS INTO THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF GALVESTON. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING STREET FLOODING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF DE RIDDER...LAKE CHARLES...CAMERON LINE. THE RAIN EXTENDED INTO TEXAS TO NEAR LUFKIN...LIBERTY AND FREEPORT. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO SABINE PASS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 850 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND INTO BEAURGEGARD...CALCASIEU...AND CAMERON PARISHES... AT 829 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM WEST OF DERIDDER TO OVER VINTON TO SABINE PASS ON OUT INTO THE GULF TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 8 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING STREET FLOODING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIALAKE CHARLES ...TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF FREEPORT TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED AS FAR WEST AS LUFKIN...HOUSTON...TO NORTHWEST OF FREEPORT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 850 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND INTO BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...AND CAMERON PARISHES... AT 829 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM WEST OF DERIDDER TO OVER VINTON TO SABINE PASS ON OUT INTO THE GULF TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 8 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING STREET FLOODING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...LAKE CHARLES ...TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF FREEPORT TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED AS FAR WEST AS LUFKIN...HOUSTON...TO NORTHWEST OF FREEPORT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:41 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 935 AM CDT FRI JUN 30 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM THE WEST AND INTO VERNON...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...AND AND CAMERON PARISHES... AT 925 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM WEST OF DEQUINCY TO OVER VINTON TO EAST OF BEAUMONT TO JUST WEST OF SABINE PASS OUT INTO THE GULF TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING STREET FLOODING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES WERE REPORTED IN VINTON LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND STREETS WERE FLOODED. THIS LINE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA THAT EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A ELIZABETH...JENNINGS...CAMERON LINE AND AS FAR WEST AS A LUFKIN TEXAS...HOUSTON...FREEPORT LINE AND CONTINUED OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TO 40 AND 60 MILES OFFSHORE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ALSO WERE NOTED FROM DERIDDER TO OVER TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIRZ AND IN THE GULF 30 MILES SOUTH TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.