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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2011, 10:07 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2011, 10:07 AM CDT (15:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
182
WGUS54 KLCH 191507
FFWLCH
TXC199-245-361-191800-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0004.110719T1507Z-110719T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1007 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 958 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR BELLE...WITH 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
BEAUMONT...NEDERLAND...GROVES...AND PORT ARTHUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...BRIDGE CITY...CENTRAL GARDENS...GROVES...HAMSHIRE...
NEDERLAND...NOME...PORT NECHES...SOUR LAKE...VIDOR...BEVIL OAKS...
CHINA...FANNETT...LA BELLE...LAKEVIEW...ORANGEFIELD...PINE
FOREST...PORT ACRES...ROSE CITY AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL
AIRPORT.
FLOODING OF SOME STREETS IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ALREADY OCCURRED EARLIER
THIS MORNING...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY REFLOOD THESE
SAME AREAS AGAIN. OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS BEAUMONT...
NEDERLAND...AND GROVES WILL LIKELY SEE SOME STREET FLOODING AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3024 9446 3017 9396 2998 9381 2987 9391
2984 9390 2983 9393 2984 9393 2982 9394
2972 9436 2988 9436 2989 9445
$$
LANDRENEAU1 follow-up statement
584
WGUS74 KLCH 191634
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1134 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
TXC199-191643-
/O.CAN.KLCH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110719T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARDIN TX-
1134 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3010 9440 3012 9430 3017 9427 3017 9423
3019 9420 3016 9412 3019 9410 3017 9396
2998 9381 2989 9390 2984 9390 2984 9393
2982 9394 2972 9436 2988 9436 2989 9445
3011 9445
$$
TXC245-361-191800-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110719T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-
1134 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 1128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WESTERN ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5
INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL JEFFERSON
COUNTY NEAR BELLE...WITH NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BEAUMONT...NEDERLAND...GROVES...AND PORT
ARTHUR.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...BRIDGE CITY...CENTRAL GARDENS...GROVES...HAMSHIRE...
NEDERLAND...NOME...PORT NECHES...SOUR LAKE...VIDOR...BEVIL OAKS...
CHINA...FANNETT...LA BELLE...LAKEVIEW...ORANGEFIELD...PINE FOREST...
PORT ACRES...ROSE CITY AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHILE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN
INTENSITY...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN STILL OCCUR
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3010 9440 3012 9430 3017 9427 3017 9423
3019 9420 3016 9412 3019 9410 3017 9396
2998 9381 2989 9390 2984 9390 2984 9393
2982 9394 2972 9436 2988 9436 2989 9445
3011 9445
$$
LANDRENEAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 9:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.