Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 6, 1998, 6:55 PM CST (00:55 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 9:30 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

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TTAA00 KLCH 070051
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
655 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...IBERIA PARISH
   ...UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH
   ...LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH
   ...ST. MARY PARISH

AT 650 PM THE LAKE CHARLES DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF THE GULF INTO THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT
 30 MPH.


HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN
DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 6, 3:23 PM CST, 3 hours 32 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

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

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