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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 30, 2016Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2016, 7:03 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
Apr 30, 2016, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 7:05 AM CDTFLASH FLOODSilsbee, TXPUBLIC REPORTS WATER COVERING HWY 92 IN SILSBEE
Apr 30, 7:55 AM CDTFLASH FLOODKountze, TXPUBLIC REPORTS SOME ROADS IN KOUNTZE HAVE WATER ON THEM. CYPRESS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS.
Apr 30, 9:30 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.274 Ene Kountze, TXMESONET STATION 3 ENE KOUNTZE /KOUT2/
Apr 30, 9:44 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.239 Nne Sour Lake, TXMESONET STATION BLACK CREEK @ S.H. 326 /JYMT2/
Apr 30, 9:55 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.664 N Silsbee, TXMESONET STATION 3 N SILSBEE /D9101/

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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1273 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

As transmitted.

192 
WGUS54 KLCH 301203
FFWLCH
TXC199-457-301500-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0034.160430T1203Z-160430T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
703 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 659 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 ARE EXPECTED. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AREA
  CREEKS AND BAYOUS...IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...KOUNTZE...FRED...THICKET...SARATOGA...
  WILDWOOD...VILLAGE MILLS...VOTAW...CANEY HEAD...HONEY ISLAND AND
  BATSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 9462 3049 9454 3052 9454 3067 9409
      3066 9408 3066 9407 3064 9405 3058 9409
      3055 9409 3053 9407 3043 9412 3040 9412
      3039 9410 3036 9410 3028 9412 3024 9412
      3012 9460 3046 9472

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson6 days
Apr 30, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler41 min
Apr 30, 4:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHJasper, Tyler3 hr
Apr 30, 4:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Tyler39 min
Apr 30, 5:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jasper, Tyler3 hr
Apr 30, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton47 min
Apr 30, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler37 min
Apr 30, 6:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton35 min
Apr 30, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton61 min
Apr 30, 7:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHJasper, Newton, Orange3 hr
Apr 30, 8:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton92 min
Apr 30, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHNewton12 days
Apr 30, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin63 hr
Apr 30, 9:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler5 hr

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.