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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 9, 20134 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 9, 2013, 11:32 PM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 6 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: Jan 9, 2013, 11:32 PM CST (05:32 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2013, 5:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 10, 12:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 N Opelousas, LA	NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 28 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

939 
WGUS54 KLCH 100532
FFWLCH
LAC003-009-039-097-100830-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0012.130110T0532Z-130110T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1132 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 1126 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES     
  HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND AN 
  ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT         
  FEW HOURS. SEVERAL ROADS IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH ARE IMPASSABLE OR  
  CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BASILE...BAYOU CURRENT...ELIZABETH...EUNICE...KINDER...LEONVILLE...
  MAMOU...MITTIE...MORROW...OAKDALE...OBERLIN...OPELOUSAS...
  PALMETTO...TURKEY CREEK...VILLE PLATTE...ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT...
  BAYOU CHICOT...BEAVER...BIG CANE...BOND...CHATAIGNIER...CHICOT
  STATE PARK...DUPONT...DURALDE...GOUDEAU...GRAND PRAIRIE...GRANT...
  HARMONY...INDIAN LAKE AND LAWTELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3089 9179 3085 9181 3080 9178 3044 9177
      3049 9276 3045 9278 3045 9299 3088 9297
      3088 9282 3090 9272 3089 9251 3091 9249
      3098 9180

$$

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1 follow-up statement

422 
WGUS54 KLCH 100824
FFWLCH
LAC003-009-039-097-101130-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130110T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
224 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 222 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 
  CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MEANWHILE 
  ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM TO THE SOUTH OF 
  THE WARNED AREA AND ARE PUSHING NORTHWARD. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO 
  INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 
  OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVER THE 
  WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BASILE...BAYOU CURRENT...ELIZABETH...EUNICE...KINDER...LEONVILLE...
  MAMOU...MITTIE...MORROW...OAKDALE...OBERLIN...OPELOUSAS...
  PALMETTO...TURKEY CREEK...VILLE PLATTE...ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT...
  BAYOU CHICOT...BEAVER...BIG CANE...BOND...CHATAIGNIER...CHICOT
  STATE PARK...DUPONT...DURALDE...GOUDEAU...GRAND PRAIRIE...GRANT...
  HARMONY...INDIAN LAKE AND LAWTELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3089 9179 3085 9181 3080 9178 3044 9177
      3049 9276 3045 9278 3045 9299 3088 9297
      3088 9282 3090 9272 3089 9251 3091 9249
      3098 9180

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jan 9, 9:08 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 9:08 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
908 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

.UPDATE...
LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM AVOYELLES PARISH SOUTH INTO EASTERN
CAMERON PARISH. THIS LINE IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND WILL PRODUCE
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING ISSUES FOR
PARISHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
IN ADDITION RAINS CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE
BEFORE ENOUGH OF A KICK WILL FINALLY MOVE THIS MESS OFF TO THE
EAST WITH RAINS OUT OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RIVERS
HAVE CLIMBED OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA RISING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 555 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013/

DISCUSSION...
10/00Z TAF ISSUANCE.

AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NOTED
ON KLCH 88D LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST BAND NOW
APPROACHING KAEX. EXPECT THIS BAND TO CROSS KLFT AND KARA BETWEEN
01Z-04Z BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND +TSRA. OTHERWISE...RAIN TO PREVAIL
OVERNIGHT WITH VISBYS 2-4SM AND LIFR/IFR CIGS AS A WARM FRONT
LIFTS NORTH ACRS THE AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SELY WINDS EXPECTED
AT SRN TAF SITES WITH ELY WINDS AT KAEX EXPECTED TO BECOME SELY
AFTER 06Z. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST ON
THURSDAY...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING THURSDAY AFTN AND EVENING.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 357 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013/

.THE RISK FOR FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...

DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW STILL SPINNING NEAR THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS ONLY
MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE
UPPER LOW CONTINUES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW
HAS BROUGHT IN AN ABUNDANT OF RICH GULF MOISTURE. THE 09/12Z
UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM KLCH SHOWED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR
1.70 INCHES...CLOSER TO VALUES FOR JUNE AND OVER TWICE THE
STANDARD DEVIATION FOR JANUARY...ALONG WITH MEAN RH AROUND 90
PERCENT. LATEST GPS-MET DATA AND LAPS ANALYSIS STILL SHOWING THE
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE HANGING AROUND WITH PWAT STILL AROUND
1.70 INCHES. THESE VALUES ARE DEFINITELY GOOD FOR VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AS LONG AS A MECHANISM TO GET SHOWER ACTIVITY IS
AROUND...AND THIS IS PROVIDED BY DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE
UPPER LOW AND A DIVERGENT FIELD ALOFT.

BEST RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON IS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WHERE AT-LEAST 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SO
FAR. ONE INTENSE RAINBAND ASSOCIATED WITH A MCV...IS PRODUCING GROUND
TRUTH REPORTS OF NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN 15 MINUTES...IS
LIFTING OUT OF LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
THIS IS WHERE THE GREATEST FLOOD RISK WILL BE IN THE NEAR TERM.

THIS ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD DURING THE NIGHT AND
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. DRY PUNCH MOVING IN IS EXPECTED TO END
THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY MIDNIGHT...SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY DAYBREAK AND EAST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THEREFORE...FLOOD
WATCHES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL DRY PUNCH ELIMINATES THE
POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...LOOKS LIKE MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL STICK
AROUND THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS SOUTHERN JET REMAINS
ACTIVE. NEXT TROF WILL MOVE DOWN INTO THE REGION LATE ON SATURDAY
AND MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY...BEFORE
STALLING OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY. WARM AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS.

RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE EARLY NEXT WEEK THROUGH THE END OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT. ONLY CHANGE WILL BE THE COOLER
TEMPERATURES.

RUA

MARINE...
A SURFACE LOW IS MOVING UP THE TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON.
GRADIENT WITH THIS SYSTEM IS HELPING TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST
TO SOUTH WINDS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE
SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT AND SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH AT-
LEAST MIDNIGHT...WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASING ON THURSDAY AS
THE LOW MOVES AWAY.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS
SYSTEM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE SHOWER ACTIVITY THAT
WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST.

RUA

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  64  70  53  71  61 / 100  70  10  10  20
KBPT  61  69  50  70  61 / 100  40  10  10  20
KAEX  66  71  52  72  60 / 100  90  10  10  20
KLFT  66  72  57  73  62 / 100  90  40  20  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...VERNON...
     WEST CAMERON.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...
     JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...
     ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN
     NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON...TYLER.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH
     THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS
     FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20
     NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL
     CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH
     ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY
     TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO
     CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO
     HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
     THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM
     CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
     FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS
     FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
     WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION
     BAY.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 6:03 AM CST, 17 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
603 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
101200-
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-
603 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013

...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE
INTO THURSDAY...

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

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA INTO THURSDAY AS ALREADY
SATURATED SOILS COMBINE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL TO PRODUCE THE THREAT
OF FLOODING. URBAN AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOW THREAT TODAY HOWEVER THEY CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT. AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO
NEAR 60 MPH AND A WEAK SHORT LIVED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WITH FLOODING
AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN ENDING FROM
WEST TO EAST THURSDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA SATURDAY AS A WARM FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. RAIN WILL REMAIN AROUND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
COMING WEEK AS A COLD FRONT STALLS IN THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP
FLOODING A CONCERN THROUGH THE FORECAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED, HOWEVER SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS AND FLOODING TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-101200-
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-
603 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY BEYOND
20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE AS WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS OCCUR. SEAS
OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE ALSO EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 7:54 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
754 PM CST WED JAN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JENNINGS                30.22N 92.66W
01/09/2013                   JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RECEIVED REPORT THAT JENNINGS PD WAS CLOSING VARIOUS
            ROADS IN TOWN.

&&

MOGGED

Special weather statement, Jan 9, 8:11 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
811 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

LAZ043-044-052-074-100315-
LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-VERMILION LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
811 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...ACADIA...VERMILION
AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 915 PM CST...

AT 808 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GUEYDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORSE BY 820 PM...
  LYONS POINT BY 825 PM...
  EGAN BY 830 PM...
  CROWLEY AND INDIAN BAYOU BY 835 PM...
  RAYNE AND MAXIE BY 845 PM...
  DUSON AND MOWATA BY 850 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...
WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS.
SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3043 9242 3029 9213 3022 9216 3017 9219
      3013 9223 3001 9232 2990 9240 2995 9256
      3001 9263

K. KUYPER

Local storm report, Jan 9, 9:51 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
951 PM CST WED JAN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EUNICE                  30.49N 92.42W
01/09/2013                   ACADIA             LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE IN EUNICE AREA INCLUDING US 190 IN
            FRONT OF AMY SHOPPING CENTER, LA 13 NORTH, SOILEAU ROAD,
            SOUTH ST. MARY ROAD AND JACOB ROAD.

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NNW PITKIN            31.01N 92.98W
01/09/2013                   VERNON             LA   OTHER FEDERAL

            LOW WATER GAGE IN VERNON PARISH MEASURES 4.2 FEET...WHICH
            IS 0.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

0910 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CROWLEY                 30.21N 92.38W
01/09/2013                   ACADIA             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS ACADIA PARISH, INCLUDING
            HIGHWAY 91 NEAR ARPENT LANE, AND HIGHWAYS 97 AND 98 NEAR
            GERBER FARMS.

&&

ML

Local storm report, Jan 9, 10:06 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1006 PM CST WED JAN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NNW PITKIN            31.01N 92.98W
01/09/2013                   VERNON             LA   OTHER FEDERAL

            LOW WATER GAGE 6 ON THE EAST FORK OF SIXMILE CREEK ON
            LOOKOUT ROAD MEASURES 4.2 FEET...WHICH IS 0.2 FEET ABOVE
            FLOOD STAGE.

&&

ML

Local storm report, Jan 9, 10:14 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1014 PM CST WED JAN 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LAWTELL                 30.52N 92.18W
01/09/2013                   ST. LANDRY         LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PREJEAN HIGHWAY...HIGHWAY 190...HAS HIGH WATER OVER IT.

&&

ML

Special weather statement, Jan 9, 10:47 PM CST, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1047 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

LAZ029-100545-
AVOYELLES LA-
1047 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AVOYELLES PARISH UNTIL 1145 PM
CST...

AT 1043 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOUDEAU...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DUPONT BY 1100 PM...
  PLAUCHEVILLE AND COTTONPORT BY 1105 PM...
  MOREAUVILLE AND MANSURA BY 1115 PM...
  BORDELONVILLE AND MARKSVILLE BY 1130 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3120 9211 3120 9175 3085 9192 3085 9209

K. KUYPER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 6:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Jan 9, 6:36 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Jan 9, 7:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	3 hr
Jan 9, 7:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	57 min
Jan 9, 7:47 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	56 hr
Jan 9, 8:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	64 min
Jan 9, 8:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	3 hr
Jan 9, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia	25 min
Jan 9, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Jan 9, 9:42 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		93 min
Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion	3 hr
Jan 9, 10:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	58 min
Jan 9, 11:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	3 hr
Jan 9, 11:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Jan 10, 1:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	3 hr
Jan 10, 2:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	4 hr
Jan 10, 2:56 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Jan 10, 4:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	30 min
Jan 10, 4:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 10, 4:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	26 min
Jan 10, 5:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	26 min
Jan 10, 5:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		63 min
Jan 10, 5:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	6 hr
Jan 10, 5:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	27 min
Jan 10, 6:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	6 hr
Jan 10, 6:16 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Beauregard, Cameron, Vernon	90 min
Jan 10, 6:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	36 min
Jan 10, 6:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	28 hr
Jan 10, 7:07 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		68 min
Jan 10, 8:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	4 hr
Jan 10, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	47 hr
Jan 10, 9:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 4 more	8 hr
Jan 10, 11:36 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	9 min
Jan 10, 11:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	56 hr
Jan 10, 11:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	56 hr
Jan 10, 5:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 4 more	24 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.