Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 5:57 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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
- Oct 30, 2009, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2009, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 8:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Deridder, LA | FOUR ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. |
| Oct 30, 8:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Leesville, LA | SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN VERNON PARISH. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 16.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KLCH 301057
FFWLCH
LAC011-019-115-TXC351-301445-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0039.091030T1057Z-091030T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
557 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009
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...DEWEYVILLE...BON WEIR...
WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SINGER...MERRYVILLE...FIELDS...DE
RIDDER...
NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKS...
WESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLAGLE...ROSEPINE...LEESVILLE...FORT
POLK...ANACOCO...
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING OVER
AREAS THAT HAS RECEIVED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE
MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP
TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3137 9298 3025 9358 3024 9390 3131 9343
3137 9339 3138 9338
$$
LANDRENEAU1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KLCH 301410
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
910 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009
LAC011-019-115-TXC351-301445-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-091030T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON LA-BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-NEWTON TX-
910 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU...WESTERN
BEAUREGARD AND WESTERN VERNON PARISHES...
AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF STEADY RAIN FROM EAST OF LEESVILLE TO NEAR LAKE
CHARLES. TO THE WEST OF THE LINE...THE RAINFALL IS MORE SCATTERED.
GAGE AND ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 2 AM INDICATE THAT
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ON TOP OF WHAT
HAD ALREADY OCCURRED BEFORE 2 AM. THERE ARE REPORTS OF SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED IN VERNON AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES. WHILE THE RAINFALL IS
BEGINNING TO COME TO A SLOW END...A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY OCCURRED AND THE CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLAGLE...NEW
LLANO...LEESVILLE...FORT POLK AND ANACOCO.
SOME OF THE DRAINAGES IN VERNON PARISH THAT ARE LIKELY FLOODED
INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COMRADE CREEK...LITTLE PRARIE
CREEK...BUNDICK CREEK...COOPER CREEK...PARMER CREEK AND THE
HEADWATERS OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER.
DRAINAGES IN BEAUREGARD PARISH THAT ARE LIKELY FLOODED INCLLUDE BUT
NOT LIMITED TO...BRUSHY BRANCH...BECKWITH CREEK AND SPRING CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3137 9298 3025 9358 3024 9390 3131 9343
3137 9339 3138 9338
$$
BRAZZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 4 days |
| Oct 29, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 64 days |
| Oct 29, 9:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 4 days |
| Oct 29, 9:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 38 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 12 hr |
| Oct 29, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 10 days |
| Oct 30, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 44 min | |
| Oct 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Oct 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 13 hr |
| Oct 30, 5:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.