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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 5, 20027 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 5, 2002, 4:18 AM CST for 7 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 4 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
Nov 5, 2002, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2002, 8:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2002-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KLCH 051022
FFWLCH
LAC001-003-019-039-053-097-113-051400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
418 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 420 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   
  THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CALCASIEU...    
  JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND ALLEN PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA OVER   
  THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL  
  BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS.

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

LAT...LON 3084 9224 2992 9231 2990 9258 3007 9258
          3008 9341 3042 9301 3081 9294

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 1:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis3 hr
Nov 5, 1:41 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis3 hr
Nov 5, 2:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen3 hr
Nov 5, 3:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.