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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 4:38 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 10, 2016, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:08 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Newton, TX | TXDOT REPORTS PORTIONS OF LOOP 505 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Mar 10, 7:02 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Newton, TX | TXDOT REPORTS FM 1414 CLOSED AT MOORES CREEK WITH PART OF THE ROAD WASHED OUT |
| Mar 10, 8:15 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Kirbyville, TX | TXDOT REPORTS FLOODING ON US 96 FROM FM 363 TO FM 1013 |
| Mar 10, 11:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Sour Lake, TX | MEDIA POSTED VIDEO OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG FM 326 BETWEEN SOUR LAKE AND KOUNTZE |
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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
447
WGUS54 KLCH 101038
FFWLCH
TXC199-241-351-457-101830-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0012.160310T1038Z-160310T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
438 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST THURSDAY
* AT 436 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING AND
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LUMBERTON...JASPER...SILSBEE...WOODVILLE...NEWTON...
KIRBYVILLE...KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...COLMESNEIL...CHESTER...FRED...
SARATOGA...BON WEIR...EBENEZER...BUNA...ROCKLAND...BURKEVILLE...
EVADALE AND CALL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3102 9464 3106 9456 3103 9447 3116 9391
3118 9354 3109 9356 3103 9351 3099 9358
3093 9353 3089 9357 3083 9355 3068 9363
3058 9373 3051 9371 3050 9389 3024 9412
3011 9445 3011 9453 3049 9457 3051 9454
$$
TINGLER1 follow-up statement
978
WGUS74 KLCH 101519
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
919 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016
TXC199-241-351-457-101830-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160310T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TYLER TX-HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
919 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST
THURSDAY FOR TYLER...HARDIN...JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 914 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING WITH NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...LUMBERTON...JASPER...SILSBEE...WOODVILLE...NEWTON...
KIRBYVILLE...KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...COLMESNEIL...CHESTER...FRED...
SARATOGA...BON WEIR...EBENEZER...BUNA...ROCKLAND...BURKEVILLE...
EVADALE AND CALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3102 9464 3106 9456 3103 9447 3116 9391
3118 9354 3109 9356 3103 9351 3099 9358
3093 9353 3089 9357 3083 9355 3068 9363
3058 9373 3051 9371 3050 9389 3024 9412
3011 9445 3011 9453 3049 9457 3051 9454
$$
TWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 13 days |
| Mar 10, 1:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 12 days |
| Mar 10, 9:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:36 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.