Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1990, 7:46 PM CDT for Angelina County, San Augustine County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1990, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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 010051 FFWBPT TXC005-405-010245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 746 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ...ANGELINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1AM THIS FRIDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STILL REDEVELOPING IN THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM S DUMPED OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS. MOST FARM ROADS TO INCLUDE HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH OF LUFKIN WAS COVERED WITH WATER. PERSONS IN ANGELINA AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD L FLOODING ALONG THE ANGELINA RIVER AND LAKE SAM RAYBURN. MOST RUNOFF WILL BE SLOW AND SHOULD PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AT 740 PM TONIGHT THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WIT H VERY HEAVY RAINS NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS AND OVER SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. LATER TONIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY RAINS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH INTO TYLER COUNTY. 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 SUB3JECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. NNNN
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, 4:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-312240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 425 PM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM BATON ROUGE TO VILLE PLATT TO ALEXANDRIA TO MANY AND EXTENDED WEST INTO TEXAS TO LUFKIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND PART OF EAST TEXAS. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BATON ROUGE TO LEESVILLE TO LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS. RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS GRANT AND LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES DURING THE PAST PAST HOUR. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ...HOWEVER RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS OR ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINGSv OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-312345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 540 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 525 PM THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES WEST OF OF ALEXANDRIA TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESOVOIR. WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUG LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF LOUISIANA AND PART OF EAST TEXAS. THE AREA WAS RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS GRANT AND LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES DURING THE PAST PAST HOUR. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ...HOWEVER RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS OR ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINGS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-312345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 540 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 525 PM THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES WEST OF OF ALEXANDRIA TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESOVOIR. WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUG LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF LOUISIANA AND PART OF EAST TEXAS. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW IBERIA TO DE RIDDER TO LAKE LIVINSTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AND SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES DURING THE PAST PAST HOUR. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ...HOWEVER RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS OR ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-010045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 635 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 625 PM THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED NEAR ABBEVILLE AND ACROSS VERNON...BEAUREGUARD AND ALLEN PARISHES. WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUG LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF LOUISIANA AND PART OF EAST TEXAS. THE AREA WAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM INTRACOSASTAL CITY TO PORT ARTHUR TO JUST SOUTH OF LAKE LIVINGSTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AND SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THE REST OF THE STATE. RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES DURING THE PAST PAST HOUR. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ...HOWEVER RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING A"REAS OR ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ048-010145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 642 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...ORANGE COUNTY TEXAS SHOULD EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT... AT 635 PM TONIGHT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDRY MOVING OVER LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA PRODUCED SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS MAY INCREASE RAPIDLY OVER LAKE SABINE AND ORANGE TEXAS AS A RESULT OF THIS. ALL BOATERS OVER LAKE SABINE SHOULD HEAD FOR PORT. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE STARTING TO DETERIATE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE LATER TONIGHT. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:35 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-010140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES... AT 725 PM THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER BEAUREGUARD PARISH. WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUG LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF LOUISIANA AND PART OF EAST TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AND SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THE REST OF THE STATE. RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES AND VERNON PARISHES DURING THE PAST PAST HOUR. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ...HOWE`VER RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM LOW LYING AREAS OR ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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.