Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jun 4, 1990, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1990, 8:13 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Jefferson 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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TTAA00 KBPT 042213
FFWBPT
TXC245-050115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
513 PM CDT MON JUN 4 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.
 
HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 2.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BEAUMONT.
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING SHOULD BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN
BEAUMONT'S WEST END.  REPORTS OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 90 IN CHINA TEXAS
HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED.
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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In the hours before

TXZ046-048-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
420 PM CDT MON JUN 4 1990

AT 410 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FRINGE
OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM VIDOR ACROSS BEAUMONT
AND SOUR LAKE TO NORTH HOUSTON.  THE LINE WAS NOT SHOWING ANY
MOVEMENT.

THE LACK OF ANY MOVEMENT WILL CAUSE URBAN FLOODING IN VIDOR...BEAUMONT
AND SOUR LAKE.  THE HEAVY RUNOFF WILL CAUSE CANALS AND BAYOUS TO FILL
AND DITCHES TO FLOOD.

MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT CROSSING DEEP OR SWIFT WATER ACROSS ANY
ROADS OR HIGHWAYS.  THESE STORMS DEVELOPED AT A BAD TIME WITH
AFTERNOON HOMEBOUND TRAFFIC BEGINNING.

ALLOW EXTRA DRIVING TIME OR STAY IN TOWN FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE
THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET.

ADDITIONAL STATEEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
PORT ARTHUR WEATHER OFFICE ON THE WEATHER RADIO THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

DCG

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Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.