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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1997, 9:33 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1997, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1997, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 301434 FFWLCH TXC245-301630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 933 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 927 AM THIS MORNING...THE LAKE CHARLES DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CITY OF JASPER OVER THE LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DUMP ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN JASPER REPORTED WATER COVERING PART OF 190E 3 MILES EAST OF JASPER AND 96N WHICH WAS JUST WEST OF JASPER. A REPORT OF DUCKS SWIMMING ACROSS ONE OF THESE HIGHWAYS INDICATED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH pMAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE 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 Jul 30, 1:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 145 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1997 KLCH 88D SHOWS CONVECTION DISSIPATING ACROSS SE TX/SW AND CEN LA... WITH GULF TSTMS NOW DEVELOPING ALONG OUTFLOW FROM TUE EVENING TSTMS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE OVER GULF THIS AM. EXPECT CI SHIELD FROM GULF TSTMS TO KEEP SKIES MC TODAY FROM BPT TO LCH AND LFT...WHILE ANOTHER TSTM COMPLEX IN N MS WILL BRING CI SHIELD FROM AEX/ESF THIS AM TO POE BY AFTN. THIS SHOULD KEEP MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES BELOW MAX POTENTIAL. 00Z MODELS TRY TO KEEP THINGS INTERESTING ALONG NW GULF THROUGH 48 HRS WITH WEAK SFC LOWS AND UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND HIGH CENTERED IN N TX/OK AREA. POPS HAVE INCREASED WITH 00Z RUN...THROUGH ENTIRE 48 HRS. DONT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH INCREASING POPS WITH PLENTY OF CAPE/LI/PW...ETC. COULD BE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT WITH MCC DEVELOPMENT...STAY TUNED... 15 BPT 93/77/93/7J6 5663 LCH 92/76/92/76 5663 LFT 91/75/91/75 5663 AEX 92/75/90/75 5663
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1997 ...HEAVY RAINS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WEATHER PATTERNS ARE LINING UP TODAY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY PLACES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA. SINCE THIS IS STILL A DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY BY LISTENING TO THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1997 ...HEAVY RAINS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WEATHER PATTERNS ARE LINING UP TODAY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY PLACES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA. SINCE THIS IS STILL A DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY BY LISTENING TO THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper | 117 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.