Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 5, 1998, 2:17 AM CST (08:17 UTC)

Expired

Jan 5, 1998, 4:30 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Saint Martin Parish, LA

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TTAA00 KLCH 050819
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LAC055-099-113-051030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
217 AM CST MON JAN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

   ...LAFAYETTE PARISH
   ...VERMILION PARISH

IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   ...UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH

AT 215 AM DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD
OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA. KLFY-TV IN LAFAYETTE RECORDED 5.7
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL NEED
TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.

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 SHOULD 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 4, 7:38 PM CST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
738 PM CST SUN JAN 4 1998

IR STLT LOOP SHOWING S/WV ROTATING THRU SE TX ATTM. SHOULD SEE A DECR
IN RAIN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FOR SE TX AND SW LA SO BLV WE CAN LWR
POPS A BIT AND TAKE OUT THE HVY RAIN FOR THOSE LOCATIONS TNITE. CAN
DROP HVY RAIN FM CEN LA ZNS AFT 9 PM...LOOKING AT RECEDING EDGE OF
THE HVY PCPN ON 88-D. CAN KEEP POPS UP FOR CEN LA AS IT LKS LIKE
S/WV WL PASS ARND MIDNITE. SINCE S/WV LKS TO PASS LFT AFT 2 AM...
AND 88-D SHOWING MORE HVY SHOWERS COMING ONSHORE TO VERMILION PARISH
...CAN KEEP POPS AND HVY RAIN FOR S CEN LA. COULD MENTION DIMINISHING
LATE. TEMPS LOOK OK.
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BPT 61/69/60/68 5555
LCH 61/69/60/68 5555
LFT 61/70/60/68 7555 (LOCALLY HVY RAIN TNITE)
AEX 59/66/60/67 7555 (LOCALLY HVY RAIN TNITE)

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

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.