Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
401 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING PRODUCED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR A MID
TO UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE LOWER SABINE RIVER. THIS LOW IS
SUPPOSED TO DRIFT SOUTHWEST OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE WILL OCCUR
OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
TODAY NEAR/EAST OF THIS LOW. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE LOWER OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA
OUT OF REACH OF THE LOW. TONIGHT...THE LOW IS PROGGED TO
ACCELERATE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...DIMINISHING
THE CHANCES OF RAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA. BEYOND THAT THERE WILL
BE SMALL CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY.

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.AVIATION...
VFR CEILINGS AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS.

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.MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY WESTERN PARTS OF AREA.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  85  74  91  75 /  60  30  30  10
KBPT  84  75  90  75 /  80  50  40  10
KAEX  90  70  94  73 /  40  10  20  10
KLFT  90  73  93  74 /  40  20  20  10

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.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ALLEN...
     BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND
     VERNON.

TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...
     JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
442 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-200945-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
442 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. A SLOW MOVING UPPER
LEVEL LOW PROGGED TO DRIFT SOUTHWEST OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS COULD
PRODUCE FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WATCH AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM
SPOTTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS IN SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION
AND WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE
FLOODING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
551 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 AM     FLOOD            SULPHUR                 30.23N 93.36W
06/19/2006                   CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            HOUSE ON TAMMY DRIVE HAD WATER IN ALL ROOMS.

0523 AM     FLOOD            LAKE CHARLES            30.21N 93.20W
06/19/2006                   CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            FLOODED HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION NEAR THE
            HIGHWAY 14 SOUTH WALMART.

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LSPARKS