Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 13, 1998, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)

Expired

Jan 13, 1998, 10:40 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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.

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TTAA00 KLCH 131442
FFWLCH
LAC019-131640-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 AM CST TUE JAN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1040 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

   ...CALCASIEU PARISH

AT 840 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CALCASIEU PARISH. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR. FLOODING OF STREETS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR.


DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV
STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEvROUS WEATHER
SITUATION.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 13, 2:30 AM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 AM CST TUE JAN 13 1998

ACTIVE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FORECASTING
DIFFICULT THIS PD. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SE AND FURTHER
COMPLICATE MATTERS. HAVE TRENDED FORECAST WITH ETA SOLN...DUE
TO DUE ITS MORE S DEPICTION OF REPEATED SHRT WV ENERGY. 1ST SHRT
WV WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT FA THIS MORNING...MOVING UP TX COAST AND
ACROSS LA TODAY. TSTMS ALREADY OCCURRING 80 MILES OFFSHORE AND
THEY ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NE...LIKELY TO REACH THE LA COAST
BEFORE DAYBREAK. THEY ARE BEING TRIGGERED BY SUBTRPCL JET MAX.
MODELS SHOW LA FA IN RR QUAD OF SUBTROPICAL JET MAX LATER THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON WHICH WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPEMNT OF TSTMS
IN ALREADY UNSTABLE ATMOS (LCH 00Z RUN HAS -4 LI). MAIN THREAT TODAY
WILL BE FLOODING ACROSS LA SO DO NOT WANT TO COMPLICATE MATTERS
EVEN THOUGH ISOLATED SVR TSTMS A SLGHT POSSIBLITY ACROSS FA.
LIKELY TO BE A SHRT BREAK IN ACTIVITY BEFORE TSTMS REGENERATE
WED AND WED NIGHT AREA-WIDE AS MAIN 50H TROF BEGINS TO APPROACH
REGION FROM THE WEST.

FRONT WILL PUSH SE TODAY AND STALL ALONG SE TX COASTLINE ANGLING
THROUGH LA FA. IT WILL ACT TO FOCUS TSTM DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND
AGAIN TOMORROW. FFG NUMBERS ARE HIGHER ACROSS TX THAN LA...SO
CAN HOLD OFF ON FFA THERE AND EVALUATE FURTHER MODEL RUNS FOR WED.
ACROSS LA...ANY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS SO WILL CONTINUE FFA
ACROSS LA ZONES. DENSE FOG ADVISORY CONTINUED THROUGH MID MORNING
AREWIDE.

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BPT 68/56/61 537
LCH 70/57/66 648  LFT 70/58/68 748  AEX 66/52/60 648

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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.