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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 31, 1995Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1995, 10:16 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2774 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 010319
FFWLCH
LAC115-010615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1016 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...VERNON PARISH
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF VERNON PARISH THIS EVENING. MORE
HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TONIGHT CAUSING SOME FLASH FLOOD
PROBLEMS ACROSS THE PARISH.
 
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.

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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.