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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 18, 1995Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 18, 1995, 7:14 AM CST for Tyler 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

County Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.8

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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
 
NNNN

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 WarningLCHAngelina, San Augustine61 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

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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.