Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1994, 3:51 AM CDT for Angelina County, Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 1994, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1994, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 170838 FFWBPT TXC005-347-171245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 351 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS... IN EAST TEXAS ...ANGELINA COUNTY...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 343...7...AND 21 IN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...AND HIGHWAYS 103 AND 7 IN ANGELINA COUNTY ARE SUBMERGED BY WATER THIS MORNING. A WEATHER SPOTTER 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NACOGDOCHES HAS MEASURED 9.28 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 45 HOURS. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COVERED SOUTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS FROM HOUSTON TO SILSBEE THEN NORTHWARD FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEREAL INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. NNNN
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, Oct 17, 12:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-170630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1230 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN EAST TEXAS...
AT 1215 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN EAST TEXAS IN
HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. HOUSTON 88D RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
ON THE HARRIS COUNTY LINE 6 MILES WEST OF TOMBALL. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE MOST OF EAST TEXAS AND STRETCHED
INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH LOUISIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DE RIDDER TO
NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.
THROUGH 2 AM...THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MOST
OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THE STORMS IN EAST TEXAS.
DAMSpecial weather statement, Oct 17, 1:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ201-170715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1288 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 700 AM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING HARDIN COUNTY... AT 125 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT THE COMMUNITIES VOTAW...BATSON...DASIETTA...AND SOURLAKE IN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITER THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POTSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COLBY NNNN
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 1:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ201-170715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 128 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 700 AM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING HARDIN COUNTY... AT 125 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO EFFECT THE COMMUNITIES VOTAW...BATSON...DASIETTA...AND SOURLAKE IN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITER THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COLBY NNNN
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 1:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 138 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE EAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF POLK...HARDIN...LIBERTY AND TYLER... AT 115 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EAST TEXAS FROM JUST EAST OF CONROE EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO WOODVILLE. AT 1251 AM HOUSTON 88D RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF TOMBALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE REMAINDER OF EAST TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA WAS EXPERIENCING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON THROUGH DE QUINCY AND EXTENDED FURTHER EAST TO VILLE PLATTE. TROUGH 3 AM...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEAREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RESIDENTS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY. DAM
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 1:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-170740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 138 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE EAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF POLK...HARDIN...LIBERTY AND TYLER... AT 115 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EAST TEXAS FROM JUST EAST OF CONROE EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO WOODVILLE. AT 1251 AM HOUSTON 88D RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF TOMBALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE REMAINDER OF EAST TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA WAS EXPERIENCING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON THROUGH DE QUINCY AND EXTENDED FURTHER EAST TO VILLE PLATTE. TROUGH 3 AM...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEAREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RESIDENTS IN THE EFFECTED AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY. DAM
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 3:35 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-170940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 335 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AT 320 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO WOODVILLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS. THE RAIN AREA COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTENDED INTO WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM NORTH SABINE PARISH TO BEAUREGARD PARISH AND EXTENDED EAST TO RAPIDES PAISH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 5 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME AREAS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST TEXAS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST HOUR...BUT STILL WARRANT MONITORING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.