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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 31, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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
- Oct 31, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 9:04 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | De Ridder, LA | DERIDDER CITY HALL REPORTS GABOW RD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Oct 31, 9:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Call, TX | FM 1004 HAS WATER COVERING THE ROAD. |
| Oct 31, 9:31 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Bleakwood, TX | FM 363 NEAR BLEAKWOOD COVERED WITH WATER. |
| Oct 31, 9:33 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Call, TX | FM 1013 COVERED WITH WATER NORTH OF CALL |
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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906
WGUS54 KLCH 311200
FFWLCH
LAC011-TXC351-311800-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0049.151031T1200Z-151031T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
700 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 658 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MERRYVILLE...DE RIDDER...FIELDS...CALL...BON WEIR...SINGER...
DERIDDER...DEQUINCY...BIVENS...LONGVILLE...OLD SALEM...TROUT
CREEK...TULLA...WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT...BANCROFT...ORETTA AND
BLEAKWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9326 3049 9342 3049 9349 3048 9349
3043 9389 3075 9387 3088 9332 3088 9314
$$
JB1 follow-up statement
947
WGUS74 KLCH 311325
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
825 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015
LAC011-TXC351-311800-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-151031T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEAUREGARD LA-NEWTON TX-
825 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 821 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING ALREADY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MERRYVILLE...DE RIDDER...FIELDS...CALL...BON WEIR...SINGER...
DERIDDER...DEQUINCY...BIVENS...LONGVILLE...OLD SALEM...TROUT CREEK...
TULLA...WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT...BANCROFT...ORETTA AND BLEAKWOOD.
SOME OF THE LOCAL DRAINAGES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD INCLUDE BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG COW CREEK...CHURCH HOUSE CREEK...DAVIS CREEK
IN NEWTON COUNTY. IN BEAUREGARD PARISH...HOOSIER CREEK...BOGGY
BRANCH...BRIDGE CREEK...AND BRUSHY BRANCH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9326 3049 9342 3049 9349 3048 9349
3043 9389 3075 9387 3088 9332 3088 9314
$$
BRAZZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 9 hr | |
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 18 hr | |
| Oct 31, 6:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 10 days |
| Oct 31, 6:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 17 min |
| Oct 31, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 40 min |
| Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 14 days |
| Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 15 days |
| Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 5 days |
| Oct 31, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 49 min |
| Oct 31, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 50 min |
| Oct 31, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 37 min |
| Oct 31, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 22 min |
| Oct 31, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 67 min |
| Oct 31, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 90 min |
| Oct 31, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 59 min |
| Oct 31, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 88 min |
| Oct 31, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 38 min |
| Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 5 days |
| Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 16 days |
| Oct 31, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Oct 31, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Rapides, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 35 min |
| Oct 31, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 min | |
| Oct 31, 1:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 115 min |
| Oct 31, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| Oct 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 43 min | |
| Oct 31, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Oct 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Oct 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Oct 31, 6:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 51 min |
| Oct 31, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 48 min |
| Oct 31, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 23 min |
| Oct 31, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 6:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 3 days |
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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.