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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Sep 14, 2008, 6:12 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2008, 6:12 AM CDT (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 3207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
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 14, 5:59 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 5:59 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 5:27 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 527 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-151030- 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- 527 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 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 AS THE REMNANTS OF IKE MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...THE RISK FOR A FEW BRIEF TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE WESTERN LOUISIANA COAST. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE IN THE LINGERING OUTER RAIN BANDS OF IKE. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON...LEADING TO MORE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. AVOID HIGH WATERS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR COASTAL AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING. EXPECT GUSTS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY ALSO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 32 min |
| Sep 13, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 29 min |
| Sep 13, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 7 days |
| Sep 13, 9:21 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LCH | 7 days | |
| Sep 13, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 23 min |
| Sep 14, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 59 days |
| Sep 14, 3:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 3:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 63 min |
| Sep 14, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 48 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 5 days |
| Sep 14, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 71 days | |
| Sep 14, 10:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Cameron | 117 min |
| Sep 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 89 min |
| Sep 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 27 min |
| Sep 14, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 92 min |
| Sep 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 92 min |
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.