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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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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</html>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.
&&
MLLocal 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.
&&
BRAZZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 10:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Feb 4, 7:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 15 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.