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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this areal flood warning at Feb 3, 2012, 8:06 PM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2012, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 3, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 4:09 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 409 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 041200- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 409 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINES WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN GULF STATES. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLY CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS STRONG WINDS LINGER IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WHILE ALSO TURNING SOMEWHAT WITH HEIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY CROSSES THE AREA. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AS EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER SHOULD LIMIT ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY. PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY AS WARM MOIST FLOW OFF THE GULF PERSISTS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. DRY WEATHER IS THEN FORECAST BEGINNING TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR FINALLY FILTERS OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-041200- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 409 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PATCHY SEA FOG...SOMETIMES DENSE WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE NAUTICAL MILE...IS EXPECTED TO AGAIN DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND POSSIBLY SPREAD OVER THE INLAND LAKES AND BAYS. THIS FOG WILL PERSIST INTO MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF BY MID-DAY SATURDAY THEN SLOWLY CROSS THE COASTAL WATERS INTO SATURDAY EVENING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING AN END TO THE PERSISTENT FOG...ALTHOUGH BOATING WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WITH ROUGH SEAS ACCOMPANYING THE WINDS. ONCE THE STRONG WINDS RELAX LATE SUNDAY...LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. 25
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 3, 6:28 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
628 PM CST FRI FEB 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM FLOOD ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
02/03/2012 RAPIDES LA EMERGENCY MNGR
41 ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS RAPIDES PARISH DUE TO
FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL.
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LANDRENEAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 57 min |
| Feb 3, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 64 min |
| Feb 3, 10:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides | 85 min |
| Feb 4, 2:38 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 9 hr | |
| Feb 4, 3:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 53 min |
| Feb 4, 7:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 54 min |
| Feb 4, 7:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 64 min |
| Feb 4, 8:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 25 min |
| Feb 4, 8:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 66 min |
| Feb 4, 8:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 12 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 54 min |
| Feb 4, 9:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 days |
| Feb 4, 10:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 5 days |
| Feb 4, 10:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 63 min |
| Feb 4, 11:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Feb 4, 11:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Feb 4, 11:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 10 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:08 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 37 hr | |
| Feb 4, 5:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 65 min |
| Feb 4, 6:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 59 min |
| Feb 4, 6:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 62 min |
| Feb 4, 7:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 60 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012
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.