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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2005, 9:25 AM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 24, 2005, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KLCH 241429 FFWLCH TXC241-457-241630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 925 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 907 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA BETWEEN WOODVILLE AND BROWNDELL. THESE STORMS HAD BEEN REGENERATING OVER THESE AREAS FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. THOUGH THESE STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH... RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AROUND 10 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN THE PAST 3 HOURS AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST AROUND 1130 AM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3067 9438 3056 9390 3114 9393 3101 9450 $$
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 Sep 24, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
300 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
.DISCUSSION...FIRST EXPERIENCE IN A HURRICANE FOR THIS ILLINOIS BOY.
PARTICULARLY MISSING HOME RIGHT NOW. SOUNDS AS IF A 747 IS SITTING
UPON THE ROOF REVVING ITS ENGINES. WIND EQUIPMENT HAS FAILED HERE
BUT BELIEVE WE ARE NOW SEEING WINDS POSSIBLY IN A 70 TO 90 KNOT
RANGE HERE AT LAKE CHARLES. NOS GAUGE AT CALCASIEU PASS REPORTED A
GUST TO 112 MPH...AND THEN FAILED. ANTICIPATING A 15 TO 20 FOOT
STORM SURGE AND UNSURE AT THIS TIME IF THIS WILL IMPACT US. WAS JUST
INFORMED THAT AIRPORT TERMINAL NEXT TO OFFICE HAS COLLAPSED. JUST
HAD A BRIEF COMMS FAILURE BUT NOW BACK UP. UNFORTUNATELY...SINCE WE
ARE NOW IN A DIAL BACKUP MODE...WILL BE UNABLE TO UPDATE GRIDS AND
WILL TURN THIS RESPONSIBILITY OVER TO OUR CURRENT BACKUP OFFICE SAN
ANTONIO. WE WILL MAINTAIN SHORT-TERM
RESPONSIBILITY...NOWCASTS...HLSS...TAFS...WARNINGS...AS LONG AS WE
HOLD TOGETHER.
RITA CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST CAMERON PARISH
ON A NORTH NORTHWEST TRACK...AND RIGHT ON WITH NHC FORECAST TRACK.
SYSTEM PROGGED TO CONTINUE GENERAL MOTION ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS
TODAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS.
INPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LATEST MODELS INDICATING SYSTEM WILL NOT
STALL ACROSS REGION...THUS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RAINFALL
TOTALS GOING INTO THE NEW WEEK. JUST A BIT OF GOOD NEWS TO END ON.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING HURRICANE RITA...PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANCE CENER...AND
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LAKE CHARLES.
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT: PIL - NEWHLSLCH
INLAND HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS: PIL - NEWNPWLCH
FLOOD WATCH: PIL - NEWFFALCH
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 77 83 79 85 / 100 100 90 60
KBPT 77 84 79 86 / 100 100 80 60
KAEX 75 82 75 83 / 100 100 100 80
KLFT 77 84 78 85 / 100 100 90 60
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...INLAND HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...
JEFFERSON DAVIS...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...VERMILION...
AND VERNON.
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
CAMERON...IBERIA...ST. MARY...AND VERMILION.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
CALCASIEU...CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST.
MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...AND VERNON.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...
LAFAYETTE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...AND UPPER ST. MARTIN.
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...
EVANGELINE...ST. LANDRY...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...
LAFAYETTE...UPPER ST. MARTIN...CAMERON...VERMILION...IBERIA...ST.
MARY...AND LOWER ST. MARTIN.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.
INLAND HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND
TYLER.
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND
TYLER.
GM...HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ALL COASTAL WATERS.
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR GMZ450-455.
&&
MARCOTTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 6:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 63 min |
| Sep 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 62 min |
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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.