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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 16, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jefferson County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160
WGUS54 KLCH 161815
FFWLCH
TXC245-162115-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0009.150416T1815Z-150416T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 111 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES IS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NOME AND CHINA AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NOME...HAMSHIRE...CHINA...LA BELLE...FANNETT...WINNIE AND SEA RIM
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2989 9436 2989 9444 3011 9444 3010 9440
3013 9423 2968 9395 2967 9405 2956 9435
$$2 follow-up statements
522
WGUS74 KLCH 162029
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
329 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
TXC245-162115-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150416T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON TX-
329 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 327 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
ONGOING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NOME...HAMSHIRE...CHINA...LA BELLE...FANNETT...WINNIE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2989 9436 2989 9444 3011 9444 3010 9440
3013 9423 2968 9395 2967 9405 2956 9435
$$289
WGUS54 KLCH 162056
FFWLCH
TXC245-170015-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150417T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
356 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 352 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE
TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
ONGOING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NOME...HAMSHIRE...CHINA...LA BELLE...FANNETT...WINNIE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2989 9436 2989 9444 3011 9444 3010 9440
3013 9423 2968 9395 2967 9405 2956 9435
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 59 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.