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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 4, 20128 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this areal flood warning at Feb 4, 2012, 9:05 PM CST for 8 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 4, 2012, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

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 4, 9:05 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 9:05 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 5:14 AM CST, 15 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
514 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
051115-
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-
514 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN INCOMING COLD
FRONT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE
COMMON...WITH ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 5 INCHES. THIS ON TOP
OF GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY RECENT RAINS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR
POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH
GOING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT PASSES EAST OF THE
REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-051115-
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-
514 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ADVANCE ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST GULF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIER AND COOLER
AIR FILTERING INTO THE GULF WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL END
ANY FURTHER DENSE FOG DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS BEEN COMMON FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL DAYS. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP LATER
TONIGHT...WITH A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS
THEN ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 4, 3:31 PM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
331 PM CST SAT FEB 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     TORNADO          5 SW DERIDDER           30.79N 93.35W
02/04/2012  F1               BEAUREGARD         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE RIDDER AND
            TRAVELED EAST RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TREES...BARN DAMAGE
            ON GRANBERRY ROAD...AND CARPORT AWNING DAMAGE. PATH
            LENGTH 4.6 MILES AND WIDTH 20 YARDS.

&&

ML
Local storm report, Feb 4, 6:28 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
628 PM CST SAT FEB 04 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     TORNADO          5 SW DERIDDER           30.80N 93.34W
02/04/2012  F1               BEAUREGARD         LA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE RIDDER AND
            TRAVELED EAST RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TREES...BARN DAMAGE
            ON GRANBERRY ROAD WITH PORTIONS OF THE ROOF THROWN 0.4 OF
            A MILE...AND CARPORT AWNING DAMAGE. PATH LENGTH 4.6 MILES
            AND WIDTH 20 YARDS. ALSO ENTERED THE EXACT LAT LON
            STARTING POINT.

&&

BRAZZELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 10:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu4 days
Feb 4, 7:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson15 hr

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.