Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 30, 1999, 6:35 AM CST (12:35 UTC)

Expired

Jan 30, 1999, 9:30 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLCH 301237
FFWLCH
LAC009-079-301530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
635 AM CST SAT JAN 30 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  AVOYELLES PARISH IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 630 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT
  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS RAPIDES AND AVOYELLES
  PARISHES DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SECONDARY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT
OR BY AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT.

PERKINS/KUYPER

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 30, 2:40 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 AM CST SAT JAN 30 1999

LOW ALG TX/LA BDR THIS AM CONTS TO PROGRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD. MDLS
KEEP TRYING TO MOV SFC LOW NNE... THIS TRACK SEEMS JUST A LTL N
AS RDG OVR GREAT LAKES BLOCKS NRWD MOVMNT. FRNT THRU BPT THIS AM AS
TEMPS HAVE DROPPED TO 64 WHILE LCH LOOKING AT 72. FNRT XPCD THRU LCH
BEFORE 4 AM. CONVECTION FIRING ALG FRNTL BNDRY WITH RESIDUAL SHWRS
NOTED BEHIND BNDRY. WITH THAT IN MIND DECIDED TO INLCUDE SCTD SHWRS
FOR SE TX AND SW LA TDY. LN OF STORMS MOVES THRU CNTRL PTN OF CWA BEFORE
SUNRISE. THEREFORE...THE NXT THOUGHT WAS SHWRS AND TSTMS PSBL FOR ERN
PTN OF CWA W/ MAX TEMPS DRG THE MRNG HRS.

NGM STILL THE SLOWER OF THE THREE MDLS AND LEANING TWRDS THIS SOL. ETA
STILL TRYING TO MOV LOW A LTL TO FAST. SFC LOW BECMG OCCLUDED AS UPR
LVL SUPPORT WEAKENS AND ENERGY BECMS ABSORBED TO NORTHERN STREAM. CAA
TO MOV INTO THE AREA TDY BECMG NETURAL ADVECTION TNGHT. NOT BUYING INTO
FWC GUID ON MAX'S AS THEY SEEM A LTL ON THE HIGH SIDE.

SHRT TERM... SHWRS ENDING OVR TX BY EARLY AFTN HRS...SHWRS TO TAPER OFF
OVR CNTRL AND SRN LA LATER. IMPROVING CONDITIONS XPCD OVRNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

MARINE... LATEST BUOY DATA INDCG SEAS AROUND 3 TO 4 FT AND WNDS AT 15 KT
AND GUSTING. THOUGH SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION SEEM LIKE A GOOD
SOL.

BPT CB 065/042 063/045 3000            LCH CB 066/044 062/044 4000
LFT TB 070/048 064/046 5000            AEX CB 065/043 062/044 4000

K. KUYPER

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
112 AM CST SAT JAN 30 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0100 AM    NOME                      TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
01/30/99   JEFFERSON

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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.