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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Sep 11, 2008, 5:53 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 11, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2008, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2008, 3:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
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 Sep 11, 5:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 5:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:33 AM CDT, 12 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 533 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-121045- 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- 533 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE IKE BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS WILL ALSO BEGIN INCREASING SOUTH- CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LATEST NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST TRACK FOR HURRICANE IKE TAKES THE SYSTEM WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST NEAR FREEPORT EARLY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND ALL OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF THE GULF WATERS. ANY DEVIATION TO THE EAST IN THE TRACK OF IKE COULD RESULT IN HURRICANE CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLY FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. PLEASE REFER TO ADVISORIES ON IKE FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 10:46 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 19 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 15 days |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Hurricane Warning | LCH | 47 hr | |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Hurricane Warning | LCH | 47 hr | |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 52 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 7 days |
| Sep 11, 6:06 PM CDT | Inland Hurricane Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 41 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Inland Hurricane Watch | LCH | Hardin | 5 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.