Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 6, 1998, 4:48 PM CST (22:48 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 7:00 PM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLCH 062250
FFWLCH
TXC245-361-070100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
448 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
   ...ORANGE COUNTY

AT 445 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THAT PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED OVER
AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. DURING THE MORNING...EXTREME
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY RECEIVED THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT TWO HOURS ACROSS BOTH ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES LIKELY
PRODUCING STREET FLOODING.  THE NOME AND CHINA COMMUNITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEP`TH 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, 3:23 PM CST, 1 hour 25 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.