Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1995, 5:08 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 111009 FFWLCH LAC079-003-039-111300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 508 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...RAPIDES PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ALLEN PARISH...EVANGELINE PARISH AT 500 AM...SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN ALLEN...EVANGELINE...AND RAPIDES PARISHES CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND HOMES. THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED BUT THE WATER WILL BE SLOW TO 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 11, 2:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 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, 2 hours 8 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
Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
DATE/TIME LOCATION REPORT
10/1408 CDT RAPIDES PARISH DIME SIZE HAIL AT FORREST HILL
SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA.
10/1430 CDT CAMERON PARISH PUBLIC REPORT NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN AND TRAILER DAMAGED AT
BOONES CORNER IN NORTHERN
CAMERON PARISH.
10/1439 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE ESTIMATED WINDS
NEAR 100 MPH AT HAYES IN SE
CALCASIEU PARISH.
10/1457 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 4 NE
LAKE CHARLES AIRPORT.
10/1500 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN HWY 190 EAST OF DE RIDDER.
10/1500 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH STATE POLICE REPORT ROOF BLOWN
TRUCK AT VINTON...AND TREES
DOWN ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR VINTON.
10/1522 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH PEA SIZE HAIL 5 NE LAKE CHARLES
AIRPORT REPORTED BY WEATHER
SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
10/1523 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH WIND GUST 54 MPH AT LAKE CHARLES
AIRPORT...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
10/1550 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH PUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWN...
POSSIBLE TORNADO ON HWY 171
NEAR RAGLEY.
10/1635 CDT VERMILION PARISH PEA SIZE HAIL OVER CENTRAL
VERMILION PARISH.
10/1730 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN NEAR SINGER IN WEST CENTRAL
BEAUREGARD PARISH.
10/2130 CDT LA SALLE PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN AT JENA.
10/2140 CDT JEFF DAVIS PARISH DIME SIZED HAIL AT ELTON.
10/2240 CDT EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFFS REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN IN VILLE PLATTE AND HAIL
NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
10/1054 CDT EVANGELINE PARISH MORE TREES DOWN IN VILLE PLATTE.
11/0000 CDT RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREE
FELL ON MOBILE HOME IN PINEVILLE
JUST NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA.
11/0217 CDT RAPIDES PARISH TREES DOWN IN COMMUNITY OF BALL
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
11/0240 CDT LA SALLE PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF JENA IN
EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE PARISH.Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
DATE/TIME LOCATION REPORT
10/1408 CDT RAPIDES PARISH DIME SIZE HAIL AT FORREST HILL
SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA.
10/1430 CDT CAMERON PARISH PUBLIC REPORT NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN AND TRAILER DAMAGED AT
BOONES CORNER IN NORTHERN
CAMERON PARISH.
10/1439 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE ESTIMATED WINDS
NEAR 100 MPH AT HAYES IN SE
CALCASIEU PARISH.
10/1457 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 4 NE
LAKE CHARLES AIRPORT.
10/1500 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN HWY 190 EAST OF DE RIDDER.
10/1500 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH STATE POLICE REPORT ROOF BLOWN
TRUCK AT VINTON...AND TREES
DOWN ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR VINTON.
10/1522 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH PEA SIZE HAIL 5 NE LAKE CHARLES
AIRPORT REPORTED BY WEATHER
SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
10/1523 CDT CALCASIEU PARISH WIND GUST 54 MPH AT LAKE CHARLES
AIRPORT...WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
10/1550 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH PUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWN...
POSSIBLE TORNADO ON HWY 171
NEAR RAGLEY.
10/1635 CDT VERMILION PARISH PEA SIZE HAIL OVER CENTRAL
VERMILION PARISH.
10/1730 CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN NEAR SINGER IN WEST CENTRAL
BEAUREGARD PARISH.
10/2130 CDT LA SALLE PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN AT JENA.
10/2140 CDT JEFF DAVIS PARISH DIME SIZED HAIL AT ELTON.
10/2240 CDT EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFFS REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN IN VILLE PLATTE AND HAIL
NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
10/1054 CDT EVANGELINE PARISH MORE TREES DOWN IN VILLE PLATTE.
11/0000 CDT RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREE
FELL ON MOBILE HOME IN PINEVILLE
JUST NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA.
11/0217 CDT RAPIDES PARISH TREES DOWN IN COMMUNITY OF BALL
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
11/0240 CDT LA SALLE PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF JENA IN
EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE PARISH.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, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 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.