Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 27, 2001, 7:14 AM CST for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2001, 7:14 AM CST (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2001, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KLCH 271316
FFWLCH
TXC199-271615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
714 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST
* AT 712 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN HARDIN
COUNTY DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS HOURS. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1015
AM.
DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND
CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.
CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3040 9415 3021 9415 3019 9432 3012 9438
3014 9459 3035 94681 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KLCH 271439 FFSLCH TXC199-271615- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 839 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARDIN COUNTY TEXAS UNTIL 1015 AM... AT 835 AM...CONSIDERABLE FLOODING AND RAINS CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER RESULTING IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY...WATER WAS THREATENING HOMES IN LUMBERTON AND SOUR LAKE. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THIS REGION AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING. DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.
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 Nov 27, 3:38 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 3:38 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 338 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001 AT MID TO UPPER LEVELS...FLOW WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWESTERLY AHEAD OF MAJOR TROUGH AXIS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING. TROUGH AXIS WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. BEHIND THE TROUGH A MORE STABLE WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE TROUGH MINOR DISTURBANCES WILL BE PROVIDING WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE TROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH. AT THE SURFACE...FRONT MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS PROGGED TO REACH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE CHARLES BY SUNSET TODAY THEN DRIFT VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD AWAITING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. FRONTAL SYSTEM SHOULD SHIFT EAST TO NEAR LAFAYETTE WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY MORNING...FRONT SHOULD BE OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. DRY AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY. THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE DRY AND COLDER. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE HIGH UNTIL FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS UNTIL UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA. WILL ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOVEMENT OF FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE VERY SLOW AND STORM STEERING WINDS WILL PARALLEL FRONT ALLOWING STORMS TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 65/57/67/50/55/33 +9+820 BPT 68/63/67/53/57/35 +9+800 LCH 73/64/69/57/58/36 +9+800 LFT 75/66/74/60/60/37 99+830 .LCH...FLOOD WATCH NORTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. .FFA..LAZ027>033-041-042-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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.