Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 2012, 11:32 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 20, 2012, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2012, 2:30 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
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 1:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Silsbee, TX | MINOR FLOODING BEGINNING ON CANSLER RD NEAR FM 92 NORTH OF SILSBEE |
| Mar 20, 1:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wsw Kountze, TX | MINOR STREET FLOODING BEING REPORTED ON FM1293 NEAR KOUNTZE |
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 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
823
WGUS54 KLCH 201632
FFWLCH
TXC199-245-201930-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0016.120320T1632Z-120320T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1132 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE ESTIMATES OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS
5.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A VILLAGE
MILLS...TO KOUNTZE TO BEVIL OAKS LINE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KOUNTZE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...WILDWOOD...BEVIL OAKS...CANEY HEAD
AND VILLAGE MILLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO...CYPRESS CREEK...BLACK CREEK...KIMBALL CREEK...TURKEY
CREEK...VILLAGE CREEK...BEECH CREEK...MILL CREEK...WALKER
BRANCH...HICKORY CREEK...PINOAK BRANCH...BLACK BRANCH...BOGGY
CREEK...LITTLE ROCK CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 9446 3052 9407 3051 9409 3049 9408
3043 9412 3040 9412 3036 9409 3030 9411
3028 9412 3024 9411 3010 9421 3014 9429
$$2 follow-up statements
568
WGUS54 KLCH 201635 CCA
FFWLCH
TXC199-245-201930-
/O.COR.KLCH.FF.W.0016.120320T1632Z-120320T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1132 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A VILLAGE MILLS...TO
KOUNTZE TO BEVIL OAKS LINE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KOUNTZE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...WILDWOOD...BEVIL OAKS...CANEY HEAD
AND VILLAGE MILLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO...CYPRESS CREEK...BLACK CREEK...KIMBALL CREEK...TURKEY
CREEK...VILLAGE CREEK...BEECH CREEK...MILL CREEK...WALKER
BRANCH...HICKORY CREEK...PINOAK BRANCH...BLACK BRANCH...BOGGY
CREEK...LITTLE ROCK CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 9446 3052 9407 3051 9409 3049 9408
3043 9412 3040 9412 3036 9409 3030 9411
3028 9412 3024 9411 3010 9421 3014 9429
$$677
WGUS74 KLCH 201849
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
149 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012
TXC199-245-201930-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120320T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARDIN TX-JEFFERSON TX-
149 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON
AND EASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
AT 143 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ANYWHERE FROM 2.5 TO
4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF
EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY. WHILE THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED FOR THE TIME
BEING...STREAM GAUGES CONTINUE TO INDICATE FAIRLY RAPID RISES
CONTINUING DUE TO STORM RUNOFF.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
KOUNTZE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEVIL OAKS AND CANEY HEAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9431 3052 9407 3051 9409 3049 9408
3043 9412 3040 9412 3036 9409 3028 9412
3023 9412 3010 9421 3014 9429 3030 9434
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 11:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.