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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 21, 1998, 11:50 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 2 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 21, 1998, 11:50 PM CST (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1998, 1:50 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 220550 FFWLCH LAC019-220750- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1150 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 150 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA ...CALCASIEU PARISH AT 1145 PM...THE VINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS COVERED WITH WATER. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1100 PM. AN ADDIITONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CALCASIEU PARISH. STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE URBAN AREAS...ESPECIALLY LAKE CHARLES. 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. ERICKSON
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 21, 7:45 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998 SEVERE TSRA CONTINUES OVER EAST TEXAS...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED EARLIER IN TYLER COUNTY. 00Z LCH SOUNDING SHOWING 2000 CAPES WITH -7 LIS. WITH CURRENT LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILE...NE-E MOVING CELLS SHOULD HAVE 0-3KM HELICITIES RUNNING 180-200 RANGE. PRECIPITATION FILLING IN OVER EAST-CENTRAL TX. FLASHFLOODING WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN ZONES. MORE OF A SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER COASTAL SECTIONS WITH THE BETTER LOW LEVEL INFLOW. FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS POINT...KEEP FAA TONIGHT FOR ENTIRE AREA. MAY WANT TO BUMP UP LOWS FOR TONIGHT GIVEN CURRENT TEMPS AND FRONTAL POSITION. 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 21, 9:28 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
928 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM DEQUINCY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 CALCASIEU REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 10:00 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1000 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
953 PM FANNETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JEFFERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN FANNETT BY KFDM-TV.
956 PM KIRBYVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JASPER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN KIRBYVILLE BY KFDM-TV.Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:11 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1011 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
940 PM KIRBYVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JASPER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
IN KIRBYVILLE BY SHERIFFS.
928 PM 2N OF MOSSBLUFF LA 1.00 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 CALCASIEU PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED NEAR TOPSY BY
KPLC-TV.Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:20 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1020 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM RAGLEY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 BEAUREGARD
1000 PM BLEAKWOOD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 NEWTON ALSO REPORTS OF TREES
BLOWN DOWN AND ROADS
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
940 PM HAMPSHIRE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JEFFERSON
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 10:20 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1020 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
930 PM RAGLEY LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 BEAUREGARD
1000 PM BLEAKWOOD TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 NEWTON ALSO REPORTS OF TREES
BLOWN DOWN AND ROADS
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
940 PM HAMPSHIRE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 JEFFERSON
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Jan 21, 11:27 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1127 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM BRIDGE CITY TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/98 ORANGEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 10:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 10:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
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.