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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 3, 2002Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2002, 9:50 AM CDT for Vermilion Parish, 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
Oct 3, 2002, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vermilion Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KLCH 031450
FFWLCH
LAC113-031900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
949 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   
THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN VERMILION 
PARISH DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. ANOTHER 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.

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 3008 9204 2970 9201 2976 9246 3013 9225

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette32 min
Oct 3, 11:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia28 min
Oct 3, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette28 min
Oct 3, 11:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia33 min
Oct 3, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia3 hr
Oct 3, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia30 min
Oct 3, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline23 min
Oct 3, 12:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia17 min
Oct 3, 12:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline, Saint Landry67 min
Oct 3, 1:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHEvangeline3 hr
Oct 3, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline33 min
Oct 3, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides58 min
Oct 3, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides3 hr
Oct 3, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides48 min

Nearby

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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.