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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 18, 1995Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 18, 1995, 10:58 AM CST for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 1995, 10:58 AM CST (16:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 1995, 2:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 454 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 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 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
454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 181701
FFWLCH
TXC245-182000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1058 AM CST MON DEC 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
NEARLY NINE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT NEDERLAND IN JEFFERSON
COUNTY TEXAS. JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED
UP TO 30 HOMES FLOODED IN THE NEDERLAND AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY...HOWEVER
RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS...A
UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS.
 
 
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.

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

Local storm report, Dec 18, 7:36 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
736 AM CST MON DEC 18 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0710 AM    1 S WOODVILLE           TX     WIND DAMAGE
12/18/95   TYLER                          TREE BLOWN DOWN.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton20 min
Dec 18, 6:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHTyler41 min
Dec 18, 7:19 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper41 min
Dec 18, 7:51 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton39 min

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.