Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Sep 27, 1996, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)

Expired

Sep 27, 1996, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Hardin County, TX

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLCH 271456
FFWLCH
TXC199-271700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
957 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HARDIN COUNTY
 
AT 955 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER HARDIN COUNTY EXTENDING WESTWARD TO HOUSTON. THE HARDIN COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPROTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ON AREA HIGHWAYS IN THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WITH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 105 FROM BATSON
INTO LIBERTY COUNTY...HIGHWAY 770 NEAR SAROTAGA...AND LOW-LYING SPOTS
ALONG HIGHWAY 92.
 
THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL
REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.  AS A RESULT...FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING...SUCH AS BRIDGE
UNDERPASSES AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
 
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.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 27, 9:38 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

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

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS AFTN AS FWD PROGRESS OF FNT
SLOWS. CLASSIC WEDGE ON STLT W/ CONT REDEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST.
FFA OVER ENTIRE CWA LOOKS GOOD TODAY. ONLY REAL CHG NEEDED TO FCST
IS HI TEMPS...WHICH WILL BE TUFF TO REACH IN CLDS AND RAIN...MAINLY
SW LA.8

In the hours before

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.

&

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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