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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 25, 20065 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 25, 2006, 2:42 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 26, 2006, 2:56 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2006, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 26, 2006, 2:56 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 27, 2006, 8:28 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Oct 25, 6:41 AM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 6:41 AM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 5:46 AM CDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
546 AM CDT WED OCT 25 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-261100-
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-
546 AM CDT WED OCT 25 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
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY. EXPECT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SEVERAL MORE DISTURBANCES...AS WELL AS THE REMNANTS OF EASTERN
PACIFIC TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL...WILL GIVE THE AREA MORE SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL. AVERAGE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST
TO EAST FRIDAY.

MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN DIRECT RUNOFF DUE TO SATURATED
GROUNDS ALREADY IN PLACE. IF YOU ARE IN A LOCATION THAT RECEIVES
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...
FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED.

WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
AREA RIVERS. HOWEVER...STAGES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THE HISTORICAL
LEVELS REACHED LAST WEEK.

IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL...SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED
THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES FRIDAY...EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL BUT COOLER
WEEKEND WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. THE NEXT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR FLOODING AND POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
MAY BE NECESSARY THROUGH FRIDAY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 4:14 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	51 hr
Oct 25, 6:26 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	49 hr

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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.