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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 9, 2016Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas; Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 10:42 AM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas; Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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 9, 2016, 10:42 AM CST (16:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Vernon Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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 9, 12:14 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Se Hornbeck, LA	JETT ROAD FLOODED JUST OFF OF US 171 BETWEEN HORNBECK AND ANACOCO
Mar 9, 1:24 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	7 Ne Town Bluff, TX	TXDOT REPORTS FM 777 FLOODED.
Mar 9, 1:34 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Se Hornbeck, LA	FACEBOOK PHOTO OF FLOODING ON US 171.
Mar 9, 2:14 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Se Hornbeck, LA	DOTD REPORTS 171 HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED.
Mar 9, 3:50 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ne Jasper, TX	FM 776 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR JASPER.
Mar 9, 3:52 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 W Jasper, TX	WATER OVER THE ROAD ON FM 2799
Mar 9, 3:54 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	6 Sw Jasper, TX	FM 777 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD.
Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nnw Holly Springs, TX	WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON FM 1408

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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 1619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 415 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 21.6

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The text

As transmitted.

061 
WGUS54 KLCH 091642
FFWLCH
LAC115-TXC241-351-457-092230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0002.160309T1642Z-160309T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1042 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...        
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... 
  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
    
* AT 1034 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT HAS
  FALLEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  SHORTLY IN THESE LOCATIONS AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
  AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JASPER...LEESVILLE...NEWTON...ANACOCO...TOWN BLUFF...TOLEDO BEND
  DAM...EBENEZER...BURKEVILLE...FORT POLK...NEW LLANO...HORNBECK...
  BROWNDELL...ROGANVILLE...HARRISBURG...STRINGTOWN...MAYFLOWER...
  FARRSVILLE...KURTHWOOD...JAMESTOWN AND BURR FERRY.

SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING INCLUDE
BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRARIE...SANDY AND COMRADE CREEKS...IN ADDITION
TO BAYOU ANACOCO IN NORTHERN VERNON PARISH. IN NEWTON COUNTY SOME OF
THE CREEKS INCLUDE LITTLE COW CREEK. IN JASPER COUNTY...SANDY CREEK
AND WALNUT CREEK. IN TYLER COUNTY SANDY CREEK AND WOLF CREEK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 6 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 3088 9336 3088 9342 3086 9348 3088 9354
      3085 9356 3072 9432 3107 9429 3116 9391
      3117 9358 3120 9355 3128 9353 3128 9344
      3136 9339 3136 9303

$$

BRAZZELL

1 follow-up statement

675 
WGUS74 KLCH 091938
FFSLCH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
138 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

LAC115-TXC241-351-457-092230-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160309T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON LA-TYLER TX-JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
138 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
WESTERN VERNON PARISH...NORTHEASTERN TYLER...NORTHERN JASPER AND
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 120 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN VERNON AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES IN THE PAST HOUR.
AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...ADDITIONAL
CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JASPER...LEESVILLE...NEWTON...ANACOCO...TOWN BLUFF...TOLEDO BEND
DAM...EBENEZER...BURKEVILLE...FORT POLK...NEW LLANO...HORNBECK...
BROWNDELL...ROGANVILLE...HARRISBURG...STRINGTOWN...MAYFLOWER...
FARRSVILLE...KURTHWOOD...JAMESTOWN AND BURR FERRY.

SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING INCLUDE
BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRAIRIE...SANDY...EAST AND WEST ANACOCO AND
COMRADE CREEKS IN NORTHERN VERNON PARISH. IN NEWTON COUNTY SOME OF
THE CREEKS INCLUDE LITTLE COW CREEK. IN JASPER COUNTY...SANDY CREEK
AND WALNUT CREEK. IN TYLER COUNTY SANDY CREEK AND WOLF CREEK. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 430 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3088 9336 3088 9342 3086 9348 3088 9354
      3085 9356 3072 9432 3107 9429 3116 9391
      3117 9358 3120 9355 3128 9353 3128 9344
      3136 9339 3136 9303

$$

BRAZZELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 7:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	28 min
Mar 8, 8:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	15 days
Mar 9, 8:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	12 days
Mar 9, 10:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	67 min
Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	6 days
Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	10 days
Mar 9, 11:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	13 days
Mar 9, 3:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	60 min
Mar 9, 4:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	6 hr
Mar 9, 4:54 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	8 days
Mar 9, 5:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	5 hr
Mar 9, 9:58 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Mar 9, 3:56 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		23 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.