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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 27, 2014, 2:50 PM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 27, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2014, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2014, 3:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 281145- 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- 643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 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 A CUT-OFF LOW...SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WILL MEANDER EAST-SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE ARKLATEX REGION ON WEDNESDAY ...BEFORE STALLING OUT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK THEIR WAY...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON... MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED ON WEDNESDAY. MEAN AREAL RAINFALL TOTALS...COMPUTED OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD ENDING FRIDAY MORNING...WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-281145- 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- 643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CUT-OFF LOW...SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WILL MEANDER EAST-SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE ARKLATEX REGION ON WEDNESDAY ...BEFORE STALLING OUT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK THEIR WAY...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE MARINE AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 9:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 903 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXZ180-201-261-271430- HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX- 903 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 857 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LUMBERTON AND KOUNTZE BY 915 AM... SILSBEE BY 920 AM... EVADALE AND CANEY HEAD BY 930 AM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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. THIS STORM 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 3054 9419 3032 9399 3014 9434 3023 9444 25
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| May 27, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Rapides | 4 days |
| May 27, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | 5 days | |
| May 27, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| May 27, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| May 27, 1:58 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Lafayette | 44 hr |
| May 27, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 8 hr |
| May 27, 8:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 60 min |
| May 27, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 27 min |
| May 27, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 27, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 27 min |
| May 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Sabine | 28 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2014Every flash flood watch in 2014
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.