Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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

TXZ215-216-271515-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
812 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996

...WATER COVERS SEVERAL ROADS IN JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTY...

LOCAL RESIDENTS OF BEAUMONT AND ORANGE WERE REPORTING ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER THIS MORNING. RAIN TOTALS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
FROM WOODVILLE TO BEAUMONT AND ORANGE.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING THIS MORNING...USE EXTRA CAUTION AND DONT DRIVE INTO
DEEP WATER. IT ONLY TAKES SIX INCHES OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST CARS THAT
ARE NOT MOVING.

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 FLO*WING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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LAZ041-271545-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996

...HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LAKE CHARLES METROPOLITAN AREA...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AT
25 MPH ACROSS CALCASIEU PARISH. RAINFALL RATES WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO
3 INCHES OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS IN LAKE CHARLES. LOCALIZE FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING PRODUCING
MORE HEAVY RAINFALL.

RESIDENTS OF LAKE CHARLES AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD USE EXTRA
CAUTION AND DONT DRIVE INTO DEEP WATER. IT ONLY TAKES SIX INCHES OF
WATER TO FLOAT MOST CARS THAT ARE NOT MOVING.

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.

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