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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2012, 2:28 PM CST for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2012, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2012, 6:26 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803
WGUS54 KLCH 152028
FFWLCH
TXC457-160130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0005.120215T2028Z-120216T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
228 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 222 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS TYLER COUNTY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PAST TWO HOURS HAS BEEN IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST TYLER COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND MOVE TO THE EAST ACROSS
TYLER COUNTY. THIS MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF
RAINFALL BY 4 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHESTER...COLMESNEIL...ROCKLAND AND WOODVILLE.
SOME OF THE LOCAL DRAINAGE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD INCLUDE BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEALE BRANCH...BILLIAMS CREEK...GREENWOOD
CREEK...WOLF CREEK...SUGAR CREEK AND LITTLE 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 3106 9457 3104 9445 3100 9445 3103 9442
3104 9434 3102 9432 3104 9429 3099 9425
3082 9419 3055 9455 3102 9465
$$
BRAZZELL2 follow-up statements
959
WGUS74 KLCH 152340
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
540 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
TXC457-160130-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120216T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TYLER TX-
540 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN TYLER
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CST...
AT 537 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
INDICATES THAT RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END ACROSS TYLER COUNTY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS HAS BEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN AS HEAVY AS EXPECTED EARLIER.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHESTER...COLMESNEIL...ROCKLAND AND WOODVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3106 9457 3104 9445 3100 9445 3103 9442
3104 9434 3102 9432 3104 9429 3099 9425
3082 9419 3055 9455 3102 9465
$$040
WGUS74 KLCH 160026
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
626 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
TXC457-160041-
/O.CAN.KLCH.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120216T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TYLER TX-
626 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN TYLER
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND
ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3106 9457 3104 9445 3100 9445 3103 9442
3104 9434 3102 9432 3104 9429 3099 9425
3082 9419 3055 9455 3102 9465
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 1:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 58 min |
| Feb 15, 2:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Newton | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 3:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.