Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1993, 11:20 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 1993, 11:20 PM CST (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1993, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 537 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 697 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 KLCH 020521 FFWLCH LAC011-020830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1120 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH AT 1120 PM CST...BEAUREGARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTINUED TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL PARISH ROADS WERE UNDER WATER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTO SWILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PARISH DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS THE PARISH. DO NOT DRIVE Y6OUR 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, Mar 1, 5:40 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-020040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 540 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR LA SALLE PARISH FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... AT 527 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...COVERED MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO BETWEEN JUST NORTH OF WINNFIELD TO ALONG THE COAST SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE...TO BETWEEN TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR AND THE HOUSTON AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BETWEEN JASPER TEXAS AND KINDER...TO LIBERTY TEXAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THRU EARLY TUESDAY AND AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RIPE FOR FLASH FLOODING. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREA. REMEMBER MOST FLASH FLOODS DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 6:33 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-020135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 633 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR LA SALLE PARISH FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... AT 625 PM...RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE AREA FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR AND INTO EAST TEXAS TO NEAR THE LUFKIN AREA. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED SOUTH TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR VERMILION BAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BETWEEN CROWLEY AND THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR...TO JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON. THE HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THRU TUESDAY. AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RIPE FOR FLASH FLOODING. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREA. REMEMBER MOST FLASH FLOODS DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:33 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-020235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR LA SALLE PARISH FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... AT 725 PM...RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO COVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR AND INTO EAST TEXAS TO NEAR THE LUFKIN AREA. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED SOUTH TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND VERMILION BAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM NEAR BUNKIE TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR...THEN TO LIBERTY TEXAS. THE HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED THRU TUESDAY. AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RIPE FOR FLASH FLOODING. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER MOST| FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:40 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
LAZ007-020150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 740 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 ...MINOR FLOODING IS TAKING PLACE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 720 PM...BEAUREGARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE NORTH END OF LOFTIN ROAD WAS UNDER WATER. THERE WAS HIGH WATER OVER CAMP EDGEWOOD ROAD AND ALSO OVER THE FIRST BRIDGE OFF OF LA 190 ON NEWT HODGES ROAD. FINALLY...A CULVERT NEAR HIGHWAY 171 AND NOLAN CORMIER ROAD WAS BLOCKED BY DEBRIS AND WATER WAS BEGINNING TO FLOW ACROSS HIGHWAY 171. RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PARISH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THEIR TELEVISION...RADIO... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND A POSSIBILITY OF A FLOOD WARNING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREA. REMEMBER MOST FLASH FLOODS DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 7:42 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
LAZ007-020150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 740 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 ...MINOR FLOODING IS TAKING PLACE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 720 PM...BEAUREGARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE NORTH END OF LOFTIN ROAD WAS UNDER WATER. THERE WAS HIGH WATER OVER CAMP EDGEWOOD ROAD AND ALSO OVER THE FIRST BRIDGE OFF OF LA 190 ON NEWT HODGES ROAD. FINALLY...A CULVERT NEAR HIGHWAY 171 AND NOLAN CORMIER ROAD WAS BLOCKED BY DEBRIS AND WATER WAS BEGINNING TO FLOW ACROSS HIGHWAY 171. RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PARISH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THEIR TELEVISION...RADIO... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND A POSSIBILITY OF A FLOOD WARNING.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 8:35 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-020335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 835 PM CST MON MAR 1 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR LA SALLE PARISH FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... AT 825 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED BETWEEN BATON ROUGE TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO BETWEEN NACTHITOCHES AND ALONG AND LONG THE COAST NEAR CAMERON...THEN TO BETWEEN TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR AND FREEPORT TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND KIRBYVILLE TEXAS...TO THE HOUSTON AREA. THE HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED THRU TUESDAY. AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RIPE FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. . REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RAPID RISE OF STREAMS AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREJAS. REMEMBER MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.