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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1990, 3:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1990, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2910 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 312042 FFWBPT TXC005-347-403-405-010045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 342 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ...ANGELINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...SABINE COUNTY...SAN AUGUSTINE COUN AT 335 PM CDT...THE DPS IN LUFKIN REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN LUFKIN AND SURROUNDING PARTS OF ANGELINA COUNTY. WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOWED A SOLID BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LIVINGSTON THROUGH LUFKIN TO HEMPHILL. THE BAND WAS DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS TYPE OF SITUATION PRODUCES WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF FLAT TERRAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IN HILLY AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS. CAMPERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY AND EVACUATE STREAM- SIDE CAMPS NOW. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR MAY CAPSIZE BOATS OF BOATERS ON AREA LAKE SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES IS ANOTHER SEVERE PROBLEM. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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. DCG N NNN
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, May 31, 11:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1140 AM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 1125 AM...SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUED FROM NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS AND THE NORTHERN TIP OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR...ACROSS THE MANFIELD LOUISIANA AREA...TO JUST NORTH OF WINNFIELD. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM THE OAKDALE AND BUNKIE AREAS...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND OVER TEXAS IN THE WOODVILLE AND LUFKIN AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311837- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1237 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 1225 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE NORTHERN TIP OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND WINNFIELD. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WAS DEVELOPING OVER VERNON PARISH MIDWAY BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND OAKDALE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE DETECTED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS...TO THE MANSFIELD AND WINNFIELD LOUISIANA AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM JUST NORTH OF BUNKIE...TO MIDWAY BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND OPELOUSAS. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS ALSO NOTED JUST NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311937- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 137 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 127 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF WINNFIELD...BETWEEN MANY AND MANSFIELD...AND OVER TEXAS 35 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT CONTINUED WELL NORTH OF A JENA...MANY.k..SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS...LAKE LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS LINE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE DETECTED FROM THE NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI AND BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA AREAS...TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND OAKDALE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311937- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY.CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 137 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 127 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF WINNFIELD...BETWEEN MANY AND MANSFIELD...AND OVER TEXAS 35 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN... THAT CONTINUED...WELL NORTH OF A JENA...MANY...SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS... LAKE LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS LINE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE DETECTED FROM THE NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI AND BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA AREAS...TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND OAKDzALE.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:46 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
TXZ033-312045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 246 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NACOGDOCHES COUNTY... AT 229 PM CDT...THE NACOGDOCHES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A COUPLE OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A FEW DOWNED TREES ACROSS ROADWAYS WEST OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES BUT NO REAL PROBLEMS THERE. A FEW STREETS WERE REPORTED HAVING STREET FLOODING IN NACOGDOCHES. THE ANGELINA RIVER ON HIGHWAY 21 WEST OF DOUGLAS WAS RISING OUT OF ITS BANK AND FLOODING A PARK ALONG THE BANK AND THE HIGHWAY. OTHER SMALL STREAMS MAY BE IN FLOOD DEEP IN RURAL AREAS IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A ROAD OR LOW WATER CROSSING WITH SWIFT OR DEEP WATER ACROSS IT. MOST FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR AS MOTORIST TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS OR CROSSINGS. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACRPSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA FROM LIVINGSTON TO NACOGDOCHES TO HEMPHILL. OTHER STORM CONTINUE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO AREAS HAVING ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO PORT ARTHURS WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:52 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-312050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 250 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 231 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURRING OVER TEXAS FROM THE LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA...TO JUST NORTH OF LUFKIN AND SAN AUGUSTINE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS SHOWN FROM NEAR NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...TO THE MANY AND MANSFIELD LOUISIANA AREAS...INTO TEXAS TO THE SAN AUGUSTINE AND LAKE LIVINGSTON AREAS. THE GROUND OVER MOST OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA IS SATURATED. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RESIDENTS OF THE NAMED PARISHES CAN EXPECT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR STANDING WATERS ON THE HIGHWAYS ACORSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.