Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
725 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

SQUALL LINE IS EXTENDING FROM 30 W KMLU TO NORTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY
TEXAS ATTM. SHORT TERM CONCERN IS TRAINING ECHOES ACROSS INTERIOR
SE TX. ISSUED A FFW FOR NORTHERN TYLER AS 88D ESTIMATES/REPORTS OF FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN DURING HAVE FALLEN DURING LAST TWO HRS. THIS BACKBUILDING
AREA SEEMS TO CORRELATE WELL WITH THICKNESS DIFFULENCE ETA
ADVERTISES FOR 18-00Z. WILL BUMP POPS UP TO 80 FOR INTERIOR SE TX
AND INCLUDE HEAVY RAINFALL PSBL 1ST PERIOD IN WRKLC1 TO REFLECT SLOW
MVMT OF LINE. FOR COASTAL SE TX/SW LA...WIDELY SCT SHWRS/TSTMS AT
BEST CURRENTLY AS 00Z LCH SOUNDING SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY WITH CAPE
OF 2565 J/KG BUT STILL CAPPED WITH CIN OF 175 J/KG. WILL LEAVE POPS
ALONE FOR NOW AS LINE MOVES VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. WILL KEEP TEMPS
AS IS.

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LCH WW 069/076/067/078 067 6534
LFT EW 069/077/066/079 067 4534
AEX TW 066/077/066/080 065 6534
BPT WW 069/077/068/079 067 5534

LAZ027>031-041-042-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-040400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
902 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AVOYELLES PARISH
UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW
IN EFFECT FOR AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WESTERN LOUISIANA AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND SECONDARY ROADS IN NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. THIS
MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

LAZ027>031-041-042-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-040400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
902 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AVOYELLES PARISH
UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW
IN EFFECT FOR AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WESTERN LOUISIANA AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND SECONDARY ROADS IN NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. THIS
MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.