Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 7, 1998, 2:54 AM CST for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 111 min. 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 7, 1998, 2:54 AM CST (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 070856 FFWLCH TXC457-071045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 254 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS ...TYLER COUNTY AT 250 AM...TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFTEY REPORTED THAT STEINHAGEN LAKE DAM B WAS MAKING AN UNSCHEDULED RELEASE. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE NECHES RIVER. PERSONS IN THE BARLOW LAKE ESTATES AREA AND OTHER AREAS SOUTH OF THE DAM ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO ESCAPE THE RISING WATERS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR AUTO... YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONRG CURRENT.
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 7, 2:00 AM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 2:00 AM CST, 54 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 200 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 SFC LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED OFFSHORE SOUTH OF LFT. TSRA PUSHING EASTWARD ALONG SFC TROF. COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR NW LA BORDER EXTENDING SW THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT PULLING SFC LOW NE INTO NORTHERN MISS AND DRAGGING COLD FRONT THROUGH FA TODAY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO PUSH EAST OF FA BY 12Z. WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW STILL LAGGING OVER WESTERN TX SHOULD SEE EXTENSIVE LOW LEVEL CLOUD SHIELD TODAY OVER THE AREA WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS GIVEN THE RESIDUAL MOISTURE A STRONG PVA ALOFT. WITH ONLY A FEW SHOWERS TODAY...SEE NO THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWLY FALLING THOUGHOUT THE DAY BEHIND THE FRONT OVER WESTERN SECTIONS. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO AREA BY THU AFTERNOON...WITH DECREASING CLOUDINESS. STAY CLOSED TO MOS GUIDENCE ON TEMPS AND LOWERED POPS GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS IN PRECIP COVERAGE. 12 BPT 58/40/50 210 LCH 59/41/50 210 LFT 62/42/51 320 AEX 58/38/47 330
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 9:45 PM CST, 5 hours 9 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, 5 hours 9 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 7, 12:24 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-071100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1224 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED 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, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AREAS NORTH OF LAFAYETTE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF RAIN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS LOUISIANA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RAINS TAPERING OFF BY SUNRISE. ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE... FURTHER AGGRAVATING AREA RIVERS, STREAMS, AND BAYOUS THAT ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
Nearby
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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.