Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Sep 12, 1998, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 12, 1998, 1:00 PM CDT

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 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLCH 121557
FFWLCH
LAC019-121800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1100 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1050 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN BANDS MOVING OVER THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES IN
  CALCASIEU PARISH. ONE INCH OF PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY FALLEN
  IN CALCASIEU PARISH THE PAST HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO
  INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING
  OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF LAKE
  CHARLES.

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

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 12, 10:11 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1011 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 1998

WILL MAKE THIS REAL QUICK WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND RIVER FLOODING THE
MAIN AGENDA THIS MORNING. SURFACE LOW NEAR COLLEGE STATION CONTINUE
TO DRIFT NORTHWARD WITH TROPICAL RAIN BANDS STILL ADVECTING NORTHWARD
OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY TO
WARRANT TO THE TORNADO WATCH BY SPC. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE
PROBLEM ARE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LA...
THUS INCREASING DAYTIME INSTABILITY.

BASED ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND PW OF 2.44 ON THE 12Z LCH
SOUNDING...KEEPING UP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE PR:UDENT.
BESIDES ADDING THE HEADER FOR THE TORNADO WATCH...ZONES LOOK GOOD.

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BPT 85/78/88/78 8664
LCH 85/78/89/77 7754
LFT 85/79/90/76 7754
AEX 84/74/90/75 8654

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.