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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 2012, 10:28 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 3, 2012, 10:28 PM CST (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2012, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:30 PM CST | FLOOD | 7 Nnw Pitkin, LA | WATER REACH 2 FEET OVER THE ROAD OVERNIGHT AND PEAKED NEAR 4 FEET OVER THE ROAD DURING THE OVERNIGHT. WATER CONTINUES TO BE ABOUT 3.5 FEET OVER THE ROAD. |
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 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
192 WGUS54 KLCH 040428 FFWLCH LAC079-115-040830- /O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0003.120204T0428Z-120204T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1028 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... WEST CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 230 AM CST * AT 1025 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITHIN THE CONTINUING TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PITKIN...CRAVENS...FULLERTON...LACAMP...LEANDER AND SIEPER. 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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3129 9277 3088 9291 3088 9322 3127 9291 $$ LANDRENEAU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 8:06 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 12 hr |
| 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 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 |
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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.