Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 6, 1998, 10:00 PM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1998, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 070404 FFWLCH LAC001-003-009-011-019-023-039-045-053-055-079-097-099-101-113-115- 070800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1000 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM 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 ...IBERIA PARISH ...UPPER ST. MARTIN ...LOWER ST. MARTIN ...ST. LANDRY PARISH ...ST. MARY PARISH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNNING FOR A GREAT EXTENT OF THE AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING...SAND BAGGING AND STALLED CARS CONTINUE TO COME INTO THE THE WEATHER OFFICE FROM AROUND THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS. 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 SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 6, 8:18 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 8:18 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 818 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998 IMPRESSIVE UPR DIFLUENCE ON MSTR CHNL LOOP WITH TRAILING EDGE NEARING COAST. 88-D LOOP SHOWING A MARKED DECR IN ACTIVITY IN A SLOT APPCHNG SE TX AND SW LA. ALTHO TNITES POPS TO REMAIN HIGH...BLV WE CAN LWR POPS TO LIKELY CAT SE TX AND SW LA...AND 80% FOR CEN AND S CEN LA. RAINS HAVE LWRD TEMPS SO TWEAKED LOW TEMPS TO CURRENT LVLS. 12HR 6PM MAX RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3-5 INCHES IN SE TX NORTH OF I-10 NEWD INTO WRN LA ARND VERNON PARISH. ANOTHER STRIPE OF 3-4 INCHES FROM LAKE CHARLES NEWD TO MARKSVILLE. AN AREA OF 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN ALSO SEEN JUST E OF JENNINGS. IF NEXT MDL RUN COOPERATES AND TAKES CDFNT THRU AREA EARLIER THN PREV PROGS...WE COULD THINK ABT LWRNG POPS TO GOOD CHC ON WED FOR SRN ZNS...60% FOR CEN LA. CURRENT ANALYSIS SHOWS CD FNT W OF LFK AND SHV. ETA TOOK CD FNT TO LFK BY DAYBREAK...MAY BE SLOW. ADDL RAIN WL FLOOD ALL XCPT LWR SE TX...CSTL LA DUE TO PREV RA. 11 BPT 62/64/44/51 7741 LCH 62/64/44/51 6741 LFT 63/65/45/52 8741 AEX 60/64/43/51 8741
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 9:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-070945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLASH FLOOD AND RIVER FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS LOUISIANA AND TEXAS TODAY. THE REGION AVERAGED TWO INCHES. FIVE INCHES FELL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH. SWATHES OF FOUR INCH TOTALS WERE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM SOUR LAKE NORTHEAST TO CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...IN LOUISIANA ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHERN ALLEN PARISHES... SOUTHWEST ACADIA PARISH...AND NORTHERN ST. MARY PARISH. SINCE SUNDAY, AREAS NORTH OF LAFAYETTE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF RAIN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH RAINS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO THREE MORE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY...FURTHER AGGRAVATING AREA RIVERS, STREAMS, AND BAYOUS THAT ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. STREET FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS WELL. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS FOR RAINFALL AND RIVER GAGE READINGS WILL BE NECESSARY TONIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 9:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-070945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 PM CST TUE JAN 6 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLASH FLOOD AND RIVER FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS LOUISIANA AND TEXAS TODAY. THE REGION AVERAGED TWO INCHES. FIVE INCHES FELL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH. SWATHES OF FOUR INCH TOTALS WERE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM SOUR LAKE NORTHEAST TO CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...IN LOUISIANA ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHERN ALLEN PARISHES... SOUTHWEST ACADIA PARISH...AND NORTHERN ST. MARY PARISH. SINCE SUNDAY, AREAS NORTH OF LAFAYETTE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF RAIN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH RAINS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO THREE MORE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY...FURTHER AGGRAVATING AREA RIVERS, STREAMS, AND BAYOUS THAT ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. STREET FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS WELL. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS FOR RAINFALL AND RIVER GAGE READINGS WILL BE NECESSARY TONIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
Sources
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.