Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1994, 12:37 PM CST for Grant Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 12:37 PM CST (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 271839 FFWLCH LAC043-079-011-019-115-272200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1237 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...GRANT PARISH...RAPIDES PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH...WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH ...VERNON PARISH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE PARISHES. CIVIL DEFENSE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORT SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER AND DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS BANKFULL. THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR IN ALEXANDRIA ADVISES MOTORISTS TO STAY AT HOME AND NOT TO DRIVE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. LAKE CHARLES WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE PARISHES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATIONS IN THESE PARISHES. 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.
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, Jan 27, 8:59 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ165-181-152-182-167-166-180-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 859 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... AT 0845 AM LST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON TO THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE SAM RAYBURN...TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND ON INTO LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE SAM RAYBURN...15 MILES SOUTH OF ZAVALLA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:01 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ165-181-152-182-167-166-180-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 859 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... AT 0845 AM LST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON TO THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE SAM RAYBURN...TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND ON INTO LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE SAM RAYBURN...15 MILES SOUTH OF ZAVALLA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:51 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-152-182-216-167-166-180-511-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1051 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1045 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A GALVESTON...SILSBEE ...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...MOUNT CARMEL LOUISIANA LINE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM FRED TO NEWTON TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:52 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-152-182-216-167-166-180-511-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1051 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1045 AM CST...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A GALVESTON...SILSBEE ...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...MOUNT CARMEL LOUISIANA LINE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM FRED TO NEWTON TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 12:09 PM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ201-215-216-511-272015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1209 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST... ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 1200 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER PORT ARTHUR AND WAS MOVING OVER SABINE LAKE AND INTO ORANGE COUNTY. ALSO...AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH OF LIBERTY TO THE HOUSTON AREA AND WAS BEGINNING TO EFFECT HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. REMEMBER THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 12:10 PM CST, 27 minutes before
TXZ201-215-216-511-272015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1209 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST... ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 1200 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER PORT ARTHUR AND WAS MOVING OVER SABINE LAKE AND INTO ORANGE COUNTY. ALSO...AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH OF LIBERTY TO THE HOUSTON AREA AND WAS BEGINNING TO EFFECT HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. REMEMBER THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 8:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 39 min |
| Jan 27, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 35 min |
| Jan 27, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Jan 27, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.