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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 19, 1994Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 1994, 4:44 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 1994, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 192144 RRA
FFWBPT
TXC245-361-192245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
444 PM CDT WED OCT 19 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES EXTENDING FROM BEAUMONT EAST TO
VIDOR...AND BRIDGE CITY. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. RESIDENTS
OF BEAUMONT...VIDOR... AND RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY SHOULD
TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR
FLOODED ROADWAYS...AND RISING WATER DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
 
DO NOT 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.
 
JAMES
 
 
NNNN

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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.