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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 29, 2002Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 29, 2002, 12:07 AM CST for Orange 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2002, 12:07 AM CST (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2002, 3:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Orange County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2002-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2002-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KLCH 290607
FFWLCH
TXC361-290900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1208 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 1202 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED   THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY
DURING THE   PAST HOUR. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3025 9374 3003 9377 3005 9403 3020 9409

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin54 min
Oct 28, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHHardin64 min
Oct 28, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson57 min
Oct 28, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Orange58 min
Oct 28, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton29 min
Oct 29, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson56 min
Oct 29, 12:27 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.