Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Nov 17, 1996, 9:09 PM CST (03:09 UTC)

Expired

Nov 18, 1996, 12:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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 180312
FFWLCH
LAC001-053-180600-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
909 PM CST SUN NOV 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...ACADIA PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH
 
AT 906 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN JEFFERSON
DAVIS AND EASTERN ACADIA PARISHES IN AN HOURS TIME. THIS HAS
CAUSED FLOODING IN THE CITY OF JENNINGS. 2 FEET OF WATER WAS
ALSO REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 102 NEAR PINE ISLAND IN JEFFERSON
DAVIS PARISH. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
PROBLEMS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSE\RVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 17, 8:11 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
800 PM CST SUN NOV 17 1996

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR ESF-LCH-GLS. WOULD LIKE
TO DROP POPS ALTOGETHER ACROSS SE TX. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DROP
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY SINCE THE WINDS ARE
NOW OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.

WOULD LIKE TO DROP POPS TO SLIGHT CHC FOR EXTREME SW AND CEN
LA. POPS SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LA AS CF MAKES
IT WAY SLOWLY THROUGH THE FA. WOULD LIKE TO LOWER MIN TEMPS
TONIGHT A CAT ACROSS THE FA.   LCH 55   AEX 52  LFT 57

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In the hours before

LAZ031-041-042-180200-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 PM CST SUN NOV 17 1996

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS EVENING FOR CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND ALLEN
PARISHES...

AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INIDICATED
THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
CALCASIEU PARISH...NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AND
SOUTHERN ALLEN PARISH. THIS HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SOME BAYOUS AND
LOW LYING AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND BAYOUS. THE RAIN WILL COME TO END BY
10 PM THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

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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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.