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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2014, 7:23 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 112 min. 7 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
- Jul 18, 2014, 7:23 AM CDT (12:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2014, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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 18, 7:27 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 N Port Neches, TX | REPORT OF MINOR FLOODING ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS |
| Jul 18, 7:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Vidor, TX | THE I-10 ON RAMP IN VIDOR IS FLOODED WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD |
| Jul 18, 7:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beaumont, TX | FLOODING NEAR LAMAR UNIVERSITY |
| Jul 18, 8:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Port Arthur, TX | ROADS CLOSED BETWEEN 9TH AND TWIN CITY AND 365 AND JIMMY JOHNSON BLVD. |
| Jul 18, 8:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Port Neches, TX | ROAD CLOSING AT SH346 AND SH347 DUE TO STANDING WATER |
| Jul 18, 8:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beaumont, TX | HEAVY FLOODING OCCURING ON MLK IN BEAUMONT |
| Jul 18, 8:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beaumont, TX | FROM TWITTER BMT POLICE ARE REPORTED ALL SERVICE ROADS ALONG EASTEX FRWY HAVE STANDING WATER ALONG WITH UNDERPASSES ALONG MLK |
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 7 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 4 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2083 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938
WGUS54 KLCH 181223
FFWLCH
TXC245-361-181415-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0015.140718T1223Z-140718T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
723 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT NECHES...PORT ARTHUR...NOME...
NEDERLAND...HAMSHIRE...GROVES...CENTRAL GARDENS...BEAUMONT...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST ORANGE...VIDOR...ORANGE...BRIDGE
CITY...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 717 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
ORANGE TO VIDOR TO BEAUMONT...NEDERLAND AND PORT ARTHUR. RADAR
ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS MORE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ORANGEFIELD...FOREST HEIGHTS...ROSE CITY...PINE FOREST AND CHINA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3024 9375 3002 9374 2998 9379 2996 9385
2987 9391 2984 9390 2983 9393 2980 9392
2975 9396 2966 9436 2988 9436 2989 9445
3008 9445
$$
24What 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 Jul 18, 7:01 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 7:01 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
701 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
.DISCUSSION...
18/12Z TAF ISSUANCE.
&&
.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACRS THE AREA THIS MORNING
WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. CHANCES WILL BE HIGHEST THIS
MORNING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING FM NW TO SE THIS AFTN AS A SFC FRONT
AND UPPER TROF PROGRESS EAST ACRS THE AREA. CARRIED PREVAILING
SHRA AT ALL SITES THROUGH EARLY AFTN...WITH TEMPO GROUPS EARLY
THIS MORNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...THUNDER...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
VISBY/CIGS LOWERING TO IFR DURING PERIODS OF STRONGER STORMS.
OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP...CIGS SHOULD BE VFR WITH VISBYS
HOVERING AROUND THE MVFR/VFR THRESHOLD. KEPT PROB30 GROUPS FOR
LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING...WITH VC THEREAFTER AS ISOLTD TO SCT
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER OVERNIGHT. SLY WINDS WILL BECOME
SWLY AS THE SFC FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME VRBL
LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING WITH THE BOUNDARY STALLING AS IT
APPROACHES THE I-10 CORRIDOR. 24
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014/
..HEAVY RAIN THREAT ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...
DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM IS
BRINGING IN COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE. THE PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUE ON THE 18/00Z UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM KLCH WAS AT 2.25
INCHES OR ABOUT 125 PERCENT OF NORMAL...WITH MEAN RH OVER 80 PERCENT. SINCE
THEN...LATEST GPS-MET DATA...SHOWS PRECIPITABLE WATERS VALUES
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 2.4 AND 2.5 INCHES...WHICH IS NOW
TWICE THE STANDARD DEVIATION...DEFINITELY NEEDED FOR A HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENT. LIFT PROVIDED BY THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND
DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...IS TAPPING INTO THE MOISTURE...PROVIDING
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND SO
FAR AS OF 3:30 AM...THE KLCH ASOS HAS RECORDED 2.65 INCHES OF
RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH AROUND 2.25 INCHES IN THE LAST 1 1/2
HOURS.
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE THE RESULT...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL
DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WHERE LIFT AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
WILL BE AT ITS GREATEST. AGAIN...PROGS KEEP PWAT VALUES OVER 2.25
INCHES WITH MEAN RH OVER 80 PERCENT DURING THE DAY.
THEREFORE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TOTALS AREA WIDE BETWEEN 1 1/2 AND 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS. INHERITED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...AND WILL KEEP THAT
GOING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO DRAG DOWN
SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS...SO SOME ISOLATED
WET MICRO BURSTS...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ONE
STORM EARLIER PRODUCED A WIND GUST AT THE AWOS AT CAMERON TO 49 MPH.
THE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST ON SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH
TROF FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL LINGER OVER THE FORECAST AREA...SO A
DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE...AS GOOD MOISTURE COMBINED
WITH DAYTIME HEATING...SHOULD BE ENOUGH THE GET CONVECTION GOING.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL TRY TO BUILD TO THE
EAST EARLIER NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH
OF A WEAKNESS ALOFT...ALONG WITH GOOD MOISTURE...TO KEEP A DAILY
CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST.
RUA
MARINE...
LOW LEVEL JET ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING
OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...IS HELPING TO PRODUCE MODERATE
SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THE RESULT WILL BE
EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINED IN THE MARINE ZONES FOR THE MORNING
HOURS. GRADIENT WILL RELAX SOME BY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS DECREASING
A LITTLE. THE DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 34 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
MORNING HOURS WHEN LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST.
THE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY...DECREASING
RAIN CHANCES TO THE TYPICAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CATEGORY. LIGHT
TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE FOUND...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF WILL RIDGE WEST INTO THE COASTAL WATERS.
RUA
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 83 74 88 74 / 90 50 50 20
KBPT 84 75 88 76 / 90 50 50 30
KAEX 82 72 88 73 / 90 50 50 20
KLFT 84 75 87 76 / 90 60 60 40
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ACADIA-ALLEN-
AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-EAST CAMERON-EVANGELINE-
IBERIA-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST. MARTIN-RAPIDES-
ST. LANDRY-ST. MARY-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON-WEST
CAMERON.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR HARDIN-JEFFERSON-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-TYLER.
GM...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY FOR 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 INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&
PUBLIC/MARINE...07
AVIATION...24Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 456 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 191130- 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- 456 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 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 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES WITH THE STORMS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...WITH AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WHERE THE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCUR...FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DECENT MOISTURE ALONG WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LINGER ON SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A DAILY CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND POSSIBLE REPORTS OF FLOODING. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-191130- 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- 456 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 NM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED. A DAILY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE STORMS...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RUA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
458 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
LAZ052-181030-
VERMILION LA-
458 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERMILION PARISH UNTIL 530 AM
CDT...
AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WEST OF FRESHWATER CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...FRESHWATER CITY AND FORKED ISLAND.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
LAT...LON 2956 9255 2985 9230 2974 9210 2972 9213
2970 9209 2967 9212 2964 9211 2957 9216
2956 9219 2953 9225 2953 9232
24Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
601 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM FLASH FLOOD VIDOR 30.13N 94.00W
07/18/2014 ORANGE TX BROADCAST MEDIA
MINOR STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN VIDOR AND THE WEST SIDE
OF BEAUMONT
&&
RDEALSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 6:26 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
626 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
LAZ033-044-045-181200-
ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-
626 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...LAFAYETTE AND ST.
MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CECILIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND KROTZ SPRINGS.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
LAT...LON 3027 9187 3039 9206 3066 9185 3051 9172
3051 9173 3050 9171 3039 9161
24Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:47 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
647 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 AM FLASH FLOOD LAFAYETTE 30.22N 92.03W
07/18/2014 LAFAYETTE LA PUBLIC
REPORT FROM FACEBOOK OF STANDING WATER IN RIGHT LANE OF
AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PKWY NEAR TEXAS ROADHOUSE
&&
RDEALLocal storm report, Jul 18, 6:48 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
648 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 AM FLASH FLOOD LUMBERTON 30.26N 94.20W
07/18/2014 HARDIN TX BROADCAST MEDIA
STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN LUMBERTON
&&
RDEALLocal storm report, Jul 18, 6:59 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
659 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM FLASH FLOOD LUMBERTON 30.26N 94.20W
07/18/2014 HARDIN TX BROADCAST MEDIA
STREET FLOODING REPORTED OFF HORN RD IN LUMBERTON
&&
RDEALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 24 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Newton, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 112 min |
| Jul 18, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 8 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.