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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1989, 1:29 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1989, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1989, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 15.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBPT 180629
FFWBPT
TXC199-241-351-180830-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
129 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
...HARDIN...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DUMP HEAVY RAINS ACROSS HARDIN...
SOUTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES AT 125 AM CDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THE THUNDERSTORMS.
THE LINE IS VERY SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTH.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, May 17, 8:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 835 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR CAMERON AND VERMILLION PARISHES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 827 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES IN NORTH LOUISIANA. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN THE LUFKIN AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. A GOOD PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOME OF NORTH LOUISIANA TO THE NORTHEAST OF A FREEPORT...HOUSTON...LEESVILLE...JENA LINE WAS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS LARGE MASS OF RAIN WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MUCH THE SAME AREAS AS EARLIER IN THE DAY..SO BE ON THE WATCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR MAINLY IN PARTS OF oSOUTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 9:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR CAMERON AND VERMILLION PARISHES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 931 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TO CONROE TO EAST OF LUFKIN THEN NORTHEAST OVER TOLEDO BEND TO NORTH OF WINNFIELD. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN AS REGENERATION WAS TAKING PLACE. IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST VERNON AND BEAUREGARDE PARISHES AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN GRANT AND NORTHERN LASALLE PARISHES.
Special weather statement, May 17, 10:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
TTAAOO KESF 180310 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA 1010 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR RAPIDES...GRANT AND LASALLE PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 400AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA INCLUDING RAPIDES...GRANT AND LASALLE PARISHES FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... AT 1010 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE PARISHES...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE PARISHES AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT IN THE WATCH AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, May 17, 10:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1035 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THIS THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR ACADIA...VERMILLION...AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR VERNON...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD PARISHES...AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES. AT 1031 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TO LIBERTY TO OVER RAYBURN AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIRS TO NORTH OF WINNFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST VERNON AND BEAUREGARDE PARISHES AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN GRANT AND NORTHERN LASALLE PARISHES AT THE PRESENT TIME.
Special weather statement, May 17, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1135 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THIS THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR ACADIA...VERMILLION...AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR VERNON...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD PARISHES...AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES. AT 1126 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM HOUSTON...KIRBYVILLE...CAMP POLK...AND WINNFIELD. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND MAY POSSIBLY HAVE DANAGING HAIL ACCOMPANING IT. AT LPRESENT THIS LINE WAS MOVING THROUGH VERNON AND EXTREME NORTHWEST BEAUREGARD PARISHES. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS EAST AT NEAR 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:50 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1248 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXCEPT FOR ACADIA...VERMILION AND AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR VERNON...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD PARISHES...AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES. AT 1230 AM CDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF HOUSTON NORTHEAST TO WEST AND NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND MAY POSSIBLY HAVE DAMAGING HAIL. THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST . A LARGE MASS OF RAIN WAS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EAST OF ALEXANDRIA AND MONROE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWN IN SOME...WERE IN THIS RAIN WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN OBSERVED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ALONG THE SABINE RIVER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 2 hr |
| May 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 66 min |
| May 17, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 5 hr |
| May 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 18, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 57 min |
| May 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 57 min |
| May 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 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.