Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Oct 25, 1996, 7:16 AM CDT (12:16 UTC)

Expired

Oct 25, 1996, 11:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

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TTAA00 KLCH 251220
FFWLCH
LAC097-099-251615-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
716 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...ST. LANDRY PARISH...UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH
 
AT 700 AM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOUTHERN
ST LANDRY PARISH AND NORTHERN UPPER ST MARTIN PARISHES HAVE RECEIVED
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 4 HOURS.
 
FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE LAST HOUR
IN ST LANDRY AND ST MARTIN PARISHES. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS
THAT HIGHWAY 190 WESTBOUND NEAR LATEL AND HIGHWAY 103 NEAR WASHINGTON
AND GRAND PRARIE IN ST LANDRY PARISH ARE UNDER WATER. IN UPPER ST
MARTIN PARISH...HIGHWAY 347 IS FLOODED.
 
ADDITONAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA.
 
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 SAFE.LY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 25, 1:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 AM CST FRI OCT 25 1996

MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT. NGM A LITTLE FASTER THAN ETA WITH
SHRT WV IN SUBTROPICAL FLOW WHICH WILL APPROACH FA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT IS THERFORE LOWER IN POPS FOR SECOND PERIOD. MOISTURE
AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST WITH TIME SO WILL INCLUDE SCATTERED POPS
FOR SATURDAY AHEAD OF IMPRESSIVE TROF IN WEST. MODELS SHOW LITTLE
MOVEMENT WITH WESTERN US TROF DURING PD JUST CONTINUED AMPLIFICATION.
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. KHGX LOOP SHOWING
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OFF OF SE TX COAST IN GULF. THIS AREA WILL WORK
NORTHEAST LATER THIS AM. SVR TSTMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER
LEVEL DIVERGENCE PROGGED TO CONTINUE AND ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE
UNSTABLE AS WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS FA.

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BPT 78/68/82 843
LCH 76/68/82 853  LFT 76/68/82 853  AEX 76/66/81 853

In the hours before

LAZ053-044-033-045-251345-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
542 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 1996

AT 535 AM CDT...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT PORTIONS
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAVE RECEIVED 2 INCHES OF RAIN
DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS...THEREFORE PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY
ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE MAKING
THEIR MORNING COMMUTE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA
TODAY AS HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD RELATED WARNINGS.

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