Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1993, 7:07 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1993, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 280007 FFWBPT TXC245-280200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 707 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING OF MOST UNDERPASSES IN CENTRAL AND EAST SIDES OF THE CITY AS WELL AS MANY RESIDENTIAL ROADWAYS. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL FLOOD WATERS SUBSIDE. 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. 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, Jun 27, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ048-272345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 543 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GOLDEN TRIANGLE... AT 540 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS BEAUMONT...THROUGH VIDOR...AND INTO CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER SOME WERE DEVELOPING SLOWLY TO THE WEST ACROSS THE WEST END OF BEAUMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. PERSONS IN ORANGE AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES SHOUL~D BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE REDUCED SPEEDS ON WET ROADWAYS AND IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ048-272345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 543 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GOLDEN TRIANGLE... AT 540 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS BEAUMONT...THROUGH VIDOR...AND INTO CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER SOME WERE DEVELOPING SLOWLY TO THE WEST ACROSS THE WEST END OF BEAUMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF SOME STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. PERSONS IN ORANGE AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE REDUCED SPEEDS ON WET ROADWAYS AND IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
TXZ048-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 631 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS BEAUMONT AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEDNING FROM BEAUMONT INTO WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY NEAR VIDOR. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE 730 PM. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AND OF LOZW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
TXZ048-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 631 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS BEAUMONT AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEDNING FROM BEAUMONT INTO WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY NEAR VIDOR. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE 730 PM. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AND OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 117 min |
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 51 min |
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.