Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Mar 2, 1993, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 1993, 5:30 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Beauregard Parish, LA

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TTAA00 KLCH 020838
FFWLCH
LAC011-021130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
228 AM CST TUE MAR 2 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BEAUREGARD PARISH
 
AT 225 AM CST...THE BEAUREGARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTINUED TO
REPORT SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER WITH WATER UP TO NEAR HOUSES
IN THE SHIRLEY LOOP SUBDIVISION NEAR DE RIDDER.  SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PARISH DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE FLOODING ACROSS THE
PAR\ISH.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS.  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

In the hours 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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.