Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

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

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 10:00 PM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 070006 COR
FFWLCH
LAC001-003-009-011-019-023-039-053-055-079-097-113-115-070400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

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

IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...AVOYELLES PARISH

IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...RAPIDES PARISH

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...ST. LANDRY PARISH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AT FLOOD
WARNNING FOR A GREAT EXTENT OF THE AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET
FLOODING...SAND BAGGING AND STALLED CARS CONTINUE TO COME INTO THE
WEATHER OFFICE FROM AROUND THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER THE LAST
3 HOURS INDICATES 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. 3 DAY RADAR TOTALS WERE WELL OVER 12 INCHES ACROSS THE
LAFAYETTE AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS.
MOTORISTS SHOUhLD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 6, 3:23 PM CST, 2 hours 37 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.