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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2012, 10:33 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. 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
- Jul 13, 2012, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:08 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Thicket, TX | WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 787 |
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007
WGUS54 KLCH 131533
FFWLCH
TXC199-132000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0036.120713T1533Z-120713T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1033 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 1026 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 8
AM...ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. AN AUTOMATED
DRAINAGE DISTRICT 6 RAIN GAUGE INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OF 3.11
INCHES HAS FALLEN AT LITTLE PINE ISLAND BAYOU AND HIGHWAY 787.
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD TO BE EXTENDED TO THE
NORTHWEST TO INCLUDE MORE OF WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING ALONG LITTLE PINE ISLAND BAYOU BETWEEN BATSON AND
THICKET.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SARATOGA...THICKET AND BATSON.
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 3039 9450 3014 9449 3011 9445 3011 9460
3012 9461 3042 9471
$$1 follow-up statement
267
WGUS74 KLCH 131732
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1232 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
TXC199-132000-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120713T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARDIN TX-
1232 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN
COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE BEGINNING TO SHIFT SLOWLY
SOUTH OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
2 TO 4 WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. A
DRAINAGE DISTRICT 6 RAIN GAUGE HAS MEASURED 4.8 INCHES OF RAINFALL
SINCE 6 AM WITH 3.5 FALLING SINCE 9 AM. LITTLE PINE ISLAND BAYOU
ACROSS WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IS LIKELY FLOODING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SARATOGA...THICKET AND BATSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3039 9450 3014 9449 3011 9445 3011 9460
3012 9461 3042 9471
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 118 min |
| Jul 13, 6:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 105 min |
| Jul 13, 6:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 8:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 24 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 24 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 7 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.