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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 10, 2016Allen Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 7:39 AM CST for Allen Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 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, 7:39 AM CST (13:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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
Mar 10, 8:03 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Se Alexandria, LA	BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS FLOOD WATERS ENTERING THE PHEONIX MAGNET SCHOOL.
Mar 10, 9:07 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Alexandria, LA	ALEXANDRIA PD REPORTS BROADWAY AVE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 390 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.5
Supercell composite: 13.2

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The text

As transmitted.

520 
WGUS54 KLCH 101339
FFWLCH
LAC003-079-115-101845-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0014.160310T1339Z-160310T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
739 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
    
* AT 738 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...OAKDALE...GLENMORA...BOYCE...ELIZABETH...
  LENA...HINESTON...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BALL...
  LECOMPTE...KOLIN...LIBUSE...ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT...FLATWOODS...
  PARADISE...CLIFTON...TIOGA...OTIS AND SIEPER.

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 3150 9268 3145 9271 3145 9268 3140 9269
      3139 9266 3147 9216 3139 9213 3132 9218
      3132 9223 3125 9223 3097 9243 3095 9248
      3091 9248 3089 9260 3075 9260 3066 9266
      3087 9297 3103 9284 3139 9290 3151 9272

$$

TINGLER

1 follow-up statement

483 
WGUS74 KLCH 101557
FFSLCH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
957 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

LAC003-079-115-101845-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160310T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON LA-ALLEN LA-RAPIDES LA-
957 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON...NORTHEASTERN ALLEN AND RAPIDES PARISHES...

AT 954 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN SOME
AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...OAKDALE...GLENMORA...BOYCE...ELIZABETH...
LENA...HINESTON...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BALL...
LECOMPTE...KOLIN...LIBUSE...ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT...FLATWOODS...
PARADISE...CLIFTON...TIOGA...OTIS AND SIEPER.

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 3150 9268 3145 9271 3145 9268 3140 9269
      3139 9266 3147 9216 3139 9213 3132 9218
      3132 9223 3125 9223 3097 9243 3095 9248
      3091 9248 3089 9260 3075 9260 3066 9266
      3087 9297 3103 9284 3139 9290 3151 9272

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	4 hr
Mar 9, 9:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	119 min
Mar 9, 9:18 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		27 hr
Mar 9, 10:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	6 hr
Mar 9, 11:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	5 hr
Mar 9, 11:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	5 hr
Mar 10, 1:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	13 days
Mar 10, 4:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	8 hr
Mar 10, 5:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides	45 min
Mar 10, 5:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Mar 10, 6:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Mar 10, 6:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	3 hr
Mar 10, 7:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	24 min
Mar 10, 8:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	50 min
Mar 10, 11:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 10, 11:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	47 min
Mar 10, 11:47 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		28 min
Mar 10, 12:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	52 min
Mar 10, 12:36 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon	24 hr
Mar 10, 1:20 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	31 days

Nearby

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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.