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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 18, 1995Angelina County, San Augustine County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 18, 1995, 7:14 AM CST for Angelina County, San Augustine County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1995, 7:14 AM CST (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1995, 8:15 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Angelina County, TX, San Augustine County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
550 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 181314
FFWBPT
TXC005-405-457-181415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
714 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN EAST TEXAS
 
   ...ANGELINA COUNTY...SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY
 
 
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.
 
JH
 
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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 18, 6:20 AM CST, 54 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-181415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
620 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
INCLUDING THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
UNTIL NOON TODAY...

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE...UNTIL NOON TODAY...

AT 600 AM CST...AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRECHED
FROM JUST EAST OF LONGVIEW...TO JASPER...TO LIVINGSTON...TO CONROE...
TO NORTH AND WEST OF HOUSTON.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING
BETWEEN LIVINGSTON AND CONROE.

THIS AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND
WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

PERSONS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES...STRONG WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES
OR WARNINGS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

JH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 6:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAngelina, Jasper, San Augustine, Tyler47 min
Jan 18, 7:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHTyler61 min
Jan 18, 7:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAngelina, Tyler54 min
Jan 18, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Tyler60 min
Jan 18, 11:21 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton39 min
Jan 18, 12:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange54 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.