Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 1991, 9:27 AM CDT for Sabine County, San Augustine County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1991, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1991, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 141427 FFWBPT TXC005-347-403-405-141830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 927 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ...ANGELINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...SABINE COUNTY...SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY AT 914 AM CDT...ANGELINA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAYS 69 AND 63 NEAR THE WATERWAYS AND WATER OVER THE ROAD BETWEEN LUFKIN AND HUNTINGTON. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. DO NO1T 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.
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, Apr 14, 7:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 732 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 145 IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 100 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... AT 620 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO WOODVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS COULD EXCEED TWO INCHES THIS MORNING WITH A CONTINOUS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE WATERWAYS ALL READY AT BANKFULL AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 7:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
LAZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-011-012-013-014-MSZ010- TXZ028-032-033-045-046-047-048-049-141340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR VERNON PARISH... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 725 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER TEXAS NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON...NORTH OF LUFKIN...AND JUST WEST OF THE EXTREME NORTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN WIN6NFIELD AND SHREVEPORT...TO RAYBURN LAKE TEXAS...TO GALVESTON. A FEW SHOWERS WERE OVER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:30 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-141430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 829 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE METROPOLITAN AREA...LUFKIN AND THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. AT 820 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLLEGE STATION TO NACOGDOCHES TO SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN ANGELINA AND NORTHERN TYLER COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE AREA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTED IN THE LAKES AREA LAST NIGHT...ANY ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. FISHERMEN ON LAKE SAM RAYBURN ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE SKY AND HEAD TO SHORE IF THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. PERSONS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD SvTAY INFORMED AND STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OR A WARNING IF CONDITIONS WARRENT.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:44 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
LAZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-011-012-013-014-MSZ010- TXZ028-032-033-045-046-047-048-049-141440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 845 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR VERNON PARISH... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 825 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER TEXAS FROM NEAR CONROE TO JUST WEST OF KOUNTZE TO NORTH OF LUFKIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM WINNFIELD TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 9:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.