Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CST for Grant Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 272150 FFWLCH LAC043-079-011-019-115-280000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 400 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 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 TH$ESE 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, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 246 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 245PM CST ONLY ORANGE...JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER THE WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NACOGDOCHES, ANGELINA, SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, TYLER, HARDIN AND NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREMEM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CITIES. HEAVY RAIN AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. THE WATCH IS EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED BY 4PM CST. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 246 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 245PM CST ONLY ORANGE...JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER THE WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NACOGDOCHES, ANGELINA, SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, TYLER, HARDIN AND NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREMEM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CITIES. HEAVY RAIN AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. THE WATCH IS EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED BY 4PM CST. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ181-215-182-216-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 258 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 249PM THE WINDS GUST TO 56 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING. DJ & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TXZ181-215-182-216-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 258 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND MOVE THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 249PM THE WINDS GUST TO 56 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING. DJ & NNNN 6WWUS 6WWUSX D.6WWUST
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:41 PM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ181-215-182-216-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 341 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST OF TEXAS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAND HAVE MOVED EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:41 PM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ181-215-182-216-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 341 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST OF TEXAS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAND HAVE MOVED EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DJ NNNN 8}^WSUS
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, 12:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 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 | 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.