Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1995, 3:13 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 110811 RRA FFWLCH LAC011-111115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 313 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH AT 300 AM...BEAUREGARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT FLOODING OF SOME HOMES AND ROADS CONTINUED. RADAR SHOWED THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL END OVER THE NEXT HOUR OVER BEAUREGARD PARISH. THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. 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, Apr 10, 9:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 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, 5 hours 52 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, 5 hours 45 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 11, 2:51 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-111100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 300 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...ALL WATCHES HAVE EXPIRED FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE TORNADO WATCH AND THE FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS EXPIRED AT 300 AM THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COAST AS A SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED IN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. ALL WATCHES FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE EXPIRED. MC NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:00 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-111100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 300 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...ALL WATCHES HAVE EXPIRED FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE TORNADO WATCH AND THE FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS EXPIRED AT 300 AM THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COAST AS A SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED IN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. ALL WATCHES FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE EXPIRED. MC NNNN
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 10, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| 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, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.