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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 13, 1996Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Hardin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1996-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1175 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 1996-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 140030
FFWLCH
TXC199-140230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
730 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HARDIN COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
OVER SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT PORTIONS
OF WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE THOUGH THIS EVENING. THE AREA ALSO REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH 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.

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.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
303 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1996

LUKS LIKE WE MAY FINALLY GET A DECENT RAIN ACROSS THE FA.
WEAK S/W WITH ASSOCIATED PVA WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH
INTO THE FA TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH
THE ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AMS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
FA WITH HELP TRIGGER THE RW/TRW ACTIVITY. WL LOOK FOR
SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH P.W. VALUES ALREADY
AROUND 2 INCHES AND A LARGE PLUME OF MOISTURE HEADING
THIS WAY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.

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LCH 75/89/73/89 4533  BPT 75/89/74/89 4533  AEX 71/87/72/90 5532
LFT 73/89/72/89 4533

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.