Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Sep 27, 1996, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)

Expired

Sep 27, 1996, 7:00 AM CDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Tyler County, TX

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KLCH 271008
FFWLCH
TXC457-271200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
505 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...TYLER COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF TYLER COUNTY...BETWEEN WOODVILLE AND
COLMESNEIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF STATIONARY FRONT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THE LINE HAS SHOWN A GRADUAAL
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED FROM THE WOODVILLE
AREA AND POINTS SOUTH.
 
THE TYLER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND MOTORISTS SHOULD LIMIT
THEIR TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
 
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
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.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 27, 2:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

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

KLCH RADAR SHOWS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DRAPED ACROSS
UPPR SE TX. LINE HAS BECOME STNRY WITH TRAINING ECHOS FM W TO E
AT 30 KTS. STP INDICATES BTWN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS
NRN PRTNS OF TYLER AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS LEADS INTO FCST PRBLM
OF THE DAY WITH HVY RNFL AND FLASH FLOOD PTNL. CLD FNT FM SHV TO
JUST N OF LFK WL RMN NRLY STNRY TDY AS UPPR TROF LAGS BEHIND
WITH STRONG VORT MAX DIGGING DOWN BACKSIDE. THIS SLOWING DOWN
ALRDY NOTED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED RADAR DATA.  PWS RMN AOA 1.8
INCHES...K-INDEX GRTR THAN 30...LI/S -4 TO -6...AND THETA-E RDG AT
85H AND 70H ALL POINTING TO FLASH FLOOD EVENT ACROSS CWA. COORD
WITH SAT FOR FFA SE TX CNTYS AND WL SUGGEST THE SAME LA ZNS.
APPRS SVR WX PTNL FRTHR NORTH WITH BEST UPPR DYNAMICS. TIME SXNS
INDICATE PRONOUNCED DRYING AFTER 36H AS S/W ROUNDS BASE OF
UPPR TROF WITH FTR BCMG PROGRESSIVE.  AS FOR TEMPS...PREFER COOLER
AVN NUMBERS WITH RAIN-COOLED AIR.

5

BPT 81/62/75 841
LCH 82/62/75 841 LFT 85/65/75 852  AEX  79/58/69

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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.