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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 16, 2006Hardin County, Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 16, 2006, 2:33 PM CDT for Hardin County, Jasper County, Tyler 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 16, 2006, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2006-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2542 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2006-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 560 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
2542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
719 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
11.5
Supercell composite
47.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KLCH 161937
FFWLCH
TXC199-241-457-162230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
233 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING WITH THUNDERSTORMS 
LOCATED FROM THICKET TO TOWN BLUFF TO JASPER AND SAM RAYBURN DAM. 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES 
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO 
TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THESE 
STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLISTER...WOODVILLE...IVANHOE BY 235 PM CDT
  SPURGER BY 240 PM CDT
  TOWN BLUFF BY 245 PM CDT
  MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 255 PM CDT
  JASPER...ROGANVILLE BY 305 PM CDT
  HOLLY SPRINGS BY 310 PM CDT

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 3097 9464 3048 9452 3048 9473 3023 9463
      3057 9390 3093 9387 3114 9392

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 9:03 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryLCHHardin, Tyler26 hr
Oct 16, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson32 min
Oct 16, 5:15 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson30 min
Oct 16, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin3 hr
Oct 16, 5:33 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHOrange27 min
Oct 16, 5:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson34 min
Oct 16, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange2 hr
Oct 16, 6:29 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHOrange16 min
Oct 16, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper30 min
Oct 16, 6:44 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin31 min
Oct 16, 6:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper35 min
Oct 16, 7:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHNewton51 min
Oct 16, 7:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler3 hr
Oct 16, 8:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton50 min
Oct 16, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper13 min
Oct 16, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton3 hr
Oct 16, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper26 min
Oct 16, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHNewton37 min
Oct 16, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.