Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 6, 1998, 3:40 PM CST (21:40 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 6:00 PM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLCH 062142
FFWLCH
LAC019-070000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
340 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 LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

   ...CALCASIEU PARISH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT PORTIONS OF
CALCASIEU PARISH HAD RECEIVED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE
PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH
600 PM CAUSING SOME ROADS IN THE PARISH TO FLOOD.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAvR 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, 3:23 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

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

ITS GOING TO BE A MESS TONITE. DEEP MSTR CONTINUES TO STREAM IN
AS H5 LO TRACKS SLOLY E OUT OF NM. THROW IN A COUPLE OF UPR LVL
JETS AND VARIOUS SFC BOUNDARIES...AND SHUD END UP WITH SOME MAJOR
FLOODING BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. SEVERAL FFWS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
AND FFA REMAINS NECESSARY FOR ENTIRE FA INTO TMRW. SHUD BEGIN TO
SEE A BRK FRM THE HEAVIEST RAIN WED MORN AS SFC FRNT MOVES THRU
AND DRIER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER IN...THO SW FLO ALOFT CONTINUES AND
CLOUDY SKIES AND RAINFALL SHUD LINGER. TEMP TREND OF FWC SEEMS
FAIRLY REASONABLE. 8

BPT 61/64/44/51 +741
LCH 61/64/44/51 +741  LFT 61/65/45/52 +741  AEX 61/64/43/51 +741

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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.