Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 6, 1998, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 6:00 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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LAC001-003-009-011-039-053-055-079-097-113-115-TXC199-241-351-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
300 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

   ...ACADIA PARISH
   ...ALLEN PARISH
   ...BEAUREGARD PARISH
   ...EVANGELINE PARISH
   ...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH
   ...LAFAYETTE PARISH
   ...VERMILION PARISH
   ...VERNON PARISH

IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...AVOYELLES PARISH

IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

   ...HARDIN COUNTY
   ...JASPER COUNTY
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
   ...TYLER COUNTY

IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...RAPIDES PARISH

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...ST. LANDRY PARISH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. IT IS EXPECTED THAT MANY
SMALL ROADS AND STREAMS WILL BECOME FLOODED ACROSS THE AREA IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE AREA.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED TODAY WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES. IS IS EXPECTED THAT AN ADDITONAL
1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BEFORE 6 PM.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 6, 9:39 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
939 AM CST TUE JAN 6 1998

HEAVY RAIN IS CURRENTLY FOCUSED OVR SE TX AND NRN PTNS OF
CNTRL LA. NO NEED TO MESS W/ CURRENT FCSTS AS ENTIRE FA SHUD
SEE HVY RAIN TDA AND FFA STILL LOOKS GOOD. 8

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.