Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jun 19, 1996, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

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TTAA00 KLCH 192031
FFWLCH
LAC019-192130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 PM CDT WED JUN 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...CALCASIEU PARISH
 
AT 325 PM...NEXRAD RADAR IN LAKE CHARLES INDICATED A SLOW MOVING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACROSS WESTLAKE AND LAKE CHARLES. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS
FLOODED SEVERAL STREETS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 14 NEAR INTERSTATE 210.
NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO OCCURRING. THE STORM WILL MOVE
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 210 IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 19, 2:55 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
253 PM CDT WED JUN 19 1996

ADAP CHARTS INDICATE BEST MSTR CONVERGENCE OVR S CEN LA WITH WDLY
SCT TRW PRIMARILY EAST OF LFT. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT AREA WAS PRIMED
FOR HVY RNFL TDY BUT SIMPLY NOT HAPPENING (THAT IS NOT YET...CB
NW OF STATION). ENVIRONMENT MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH NON-EXISTANT
CAP AND SFC LI/S OF -10. HWVR...DRY AIR AT 85H MAY BE STABILIZING
LOW-LVLS AS A MODIFIED LCH SNDG INDICATED EARLIER...WITH CAPE OF
1900 J/KG AND LI -5. MDLS SUGGEST SOME INCR WITH MSTR AS 85H THETA-E
RDG MOVES OVR FA THIS TNITE INTO THU. AT THE SAME TIME...SHEAR AXIS TO
MOVE OVER FA TNITE WITH BEST SYNPOTIC-SCALE LIFT AT 06Z. 30H SPEED MAX
WL RMN WEST OF FA AS IT DIVES INTO S TX IN 24H WITH UPPR LVL LOW DVLP
OFF THE SW LA COAST. THIS KEEPS SRN LA UNDER PVA THRU MOST OF FP WITH
S/W ENERGY MOVG INTO WRN GULF WATERS IN 48H. ALL INGREDIENTS POINTING
TO A WET FORECAST WITH CHC POPS THRU FP.
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BPT 73/89/74/90 5423  AEX 70/89/72/92 5422
LCH 73/89/74/90 5523

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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