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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2007, 6:04 AM CDT for Newton County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2007, 6:04 AM CDT (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:49 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Se Merryville, LA | HIGHWAY 110 BETWEEN MERRYVILLE AND SINGER CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KLCH 131106
FFWLCH
LAC011-TXC351-131500-
/X.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0007.070913T1104Z-070913T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
604 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...DEWEYVILLE...BON WEIR...
BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUGARTOWN...SINGER...RAGLEY...
MERRYVILLE...FIELDS...DRY CREEK...DE RIDDER...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 601 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONGVILLE
2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO
5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3062 9299 3062 9313 3042 9314 3042 9335
3050 9337 3051 9349 3042 9349 3042 9375
3035 9377 3028 9371 3027 9387 3027 9387
3086 9384 3087 9298
$$
06The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 10:56 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | LCH | 14 hr | |
| Sep 13, 12:59 AM CDT | Inland Hurricane Warning | LCH | 5 hr | |
| Sep 13, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 117 min |
| Sep 13, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 6 days |
| Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 11 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 22 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 22 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 30 min |
| Sep 13, 4:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 4 days |
| Sep 13, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:49 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:41 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.