Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Sep 13, 1998, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 1998, 5:15 AM CDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
317 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
  BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES OVER THE PAST HOUR.

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS .

  AT 310 AM...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM MERRYVILLE TO
  VINTON. THE VINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT LOCALIZED STREET
  FLOODING IN THE CITY OF VINTON.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS OR HIGHWAYS CAN BE
  EXPECTED THROUGH 510 AM CDT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
TO RISE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON
THE 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 Sep 13, 2:40 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
240 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

REMNANTS OF FRANCES STILL PLAGUING THE AREA...RAINBANDS STILL
FORMING IN COASTAL WATERS AND MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. IN
PAST HOUR...1.5 INCHES OVER SECTIONS OF WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH.
LATEST SFC PLOT SHOWS WEAK CENTER OF SYSTEM CLOSE TO WACO. WV
LOOP SHOWS MSTR PLUME OVER EXTREME E TX AND WESTERN LA.

AGREE WITH NGM IN KEEPING DEEP MSTR AROUND THRU PD...ETA QUICKLY DRIES
OUT AREA DUE TO RIDGE OVER SE U.S. BUILDING WESTWARD. BELIEVE THIS
WILL HAPPEN BUT LATER THAN WHAT IS ADVERTISED IN ETA MSTR FIELDS.
EXPECT REMNANTS OF FRANCES TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO KS/MO BY END OF PD
AND GET CAUGHT BY SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER N ROCKIES.

QPF TOTALS TODAY LESS THAN YESTERDAY BUT STILL HIGH (IN THE 1.0 TO
1.5 INCH RANGE) SINCE FFG IS AROUND 1.0 PER HOUR...FFA WILL REMAIN UP
TODAY FOR SW...SCENTRAL...AND CENTRAL LA. WILL LET DAY SHIFT EVALUATE
FFA THREAT...WITH POSSIBILITY OF DROPPING WATCH IN AFTERNOON. COASTAL
FLOODING IS LESSENING...BUT STILL MAY POSE A PROBLEM AT HIGH TIDE
LATER THIS MORNING. AGAIN...DAY SHIFT CAN LOOK AT THIS...MAY BE ABLE
TO DROP THIS AS WELL LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

TEMPS WILL BE A BIT HIGHER TODAY WITH LESS CLD COVER. WENT BELOW MOS
POPS...SEEMED A TAD TOO HIGH TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN
FIRST PD FOR LA ZONES.

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LCH 85/78/88 744
LFT 86/77/89 744
AEX 84/74/89 744
BPT 86/78/89 534

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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.