Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Sep 27, 1996, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)

Expired

Sep 27, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KLCH 271930
FFWLCH
LAC055-270200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
227 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...LAFAYETTE PARISH
 
AT 230 PM...THE VERMILION RIVER AT SURREY STREET BRIDGE WAS AT 9.6 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. THE RIVER WILL GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY COME BACK DOWN TONIGHT. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS
AND SOME HOMES ALONG THE RIVER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
 
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.  MOST
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.
 
 
 
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NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 27, 9:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
939 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS AFTN AS FWD PROGRESS OF FNT
SLOWS. CLASSIC WEDGE ON STLT W/ CONT REDEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST.
FFA OVER ENTIRE CWA LOOKS GOOD TODAY. ONLY REAL CHG NEEDED TO FCST
IS HI TEMPS...WHICH WILL BE TUFF TO REACH IN CLDS AND RAIN...MAINLY
SW LA.8

In the hours before

LAZ041-271545-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996

...HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LAKE CHARLES METROPOLITAN AREA...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AT
25 MPH ACROSS CALCASIEU PARISH. RAINFALL RATES WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO
3 INCHES OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS IN LAKE CHARLES. LOCALIZE FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING PRODUCING
MORE HEAVY RAINFALL.

RESIDENTS OF LAKE CHARLES AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD USE EXTRA
CAUTION AND DONT DRIVE INTO DEEP WATER. IT ONLY TAKES SIX INCHES OF
WATER TO FLOAT MOST CARS THAT ARE NOT MOVING.

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.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1131 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1220 AM    WOODVILLE                 TX  WIND DAMAGE
09/27/96   TYLER                         NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
                                         DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

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