Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1995, 11:51 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 519 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.9
- Supercell composite
- 23.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 110449 FFWLCH LAC011-019-110800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1151 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH...CALCASIEU PARISH AT 1145 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1/2 AND 2 INCHES WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 8 INCHES. FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUED IN THE DE QUINCY AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDERf TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, Apr 10, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT HEADLINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 3AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 915 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS...AND SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 3AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 915 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS...AND SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT HEADLINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 3AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 915 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS...AND SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 72 min |
| Apr 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 69 min |
| Apr 11, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | LaSalle | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 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.