Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 1992, 10:57 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1992, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 5, 5:16 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 515 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PEOPLE IN AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES AND UNTIL 6PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS SHOWN NEAR OPELOUSAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ...A FLASH FLOOD AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUND. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN ORq NEAR POORLY DRAINED OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:57 PM CST, 5 hours before
LAZ006-008-009-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 555 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PEOPLE IN AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES AND UNTIL 6PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR MORGANZA IN POINTE COUPEE PARISH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. IT WILL MOVE INTO WEST FELICIANA PARISH SHORTLY AND INTO EAST FELICIANA PARISH WITHIN THE HOUR. ...A FLASH FLOOD AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUND. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR POORLY DRAINED OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 6:39 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-050200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 640 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PEOPLE IN AVOYELLES..CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ...A FLASH FLOOD AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUND. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR POORLY DRAINED OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER AGROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 8:06 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-050300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 810 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR PEOPLE IN AVOYELLES..CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM GROSSE TETE TO OPELOUSAS AND EUNICE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ...A FLASH FLOOD AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUND. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR POsORLY DRAINED OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 8:16 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-050400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 810 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM GROSSE TETE TO OPELOUSAS AND EUNICE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ...A FLASH FLOOD AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUND. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR POORLY DRAINED OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARE~D TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 8:30 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ006-008-009-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA 830 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... RADAR SHOWED LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM GROSSE TETE TO OPELOUSAS AND EUNICE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ...A FLASH FLOOD AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ...FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUND. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR POORLY DRAINED OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARE`D TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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.