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Flash Flood Warning 4, 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, 4:30 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas; Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 14 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, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 10:30 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 4:47 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Nne Burkeville, TXWATER OVER THE ROAD ON FM 692
Mar 9, 5:17 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 Ese Jamestown, TXWATER OVER THE ROAD ON FM 1012
Mar 9, 6:05 PM CSTFLASH FLOODHornbeck, LAHWY 171 CLOSED IN HORNBECK BETWEEN LA 392 AND DAISY AVE.
Mar 9, 6:31 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 Nne Holly Springs, TXPICTURE OF FM 1408 WITH MELHOMES CREEK COVERING THE ROADWAY.
Mar 9, 7:00 PM CSTFLASH FLOODKirbyville, TXHAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER IN KIRBYVILLE...INCLUDING FM 1013 WEST...3RD ST...AND WEST LESTER HAWTHORNE ST...WHICH ARE ALL IMPASSABLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 4 INCHES IN AROUND 3 HOURS.
Mar 9, 7:48 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD5 Wsw Anacoco, LALA 111 IS CLOSED AT LA 392.
Mar 9, 8:35 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Nne Kirbyville, TXHAM RADIO REPORTS BOAT RESCUE IN PROGRESS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 451.
Mar 9, 8:35 PM CSTFLASH FLOODKirbyville, TXWATER RESCUE UNDERWAY WITH WATER FLOWING INTO A HOME WITH 5 PEOPLE TRAPPED.
Mar 9, 8:58 PM CSTFLASH FLOODKirbyville, TXHAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS A HIGH WATER RESCUE HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED ON W. MARTIN ST.
Mar 9, 9:00 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Nw Kirbyville, TXHAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS FM 1013 IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER. REPORTS 3 VEHICLES WITH WATER IN THEM
Mar 9, 9:00 PM CSTFLASH FLOODKirbyville, TXHAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS HWY 96 AT WEST LESTER HAWTHORNE RD CLOSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT DUE TO BEING IMPASSABLE. JENNY'S CHICKEN HAS WATER IN IT.
Mar 9, 9:20 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 Sw Call, TXHAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS COUNTY ROAD 577 IN CALL, TX IMPASSIBLE DUE TO WATER.
Mar 9, 9:23 PM CSTFLASH FLOODKirbyville, TXHAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS WATER ENTERING A HOME AT 422 3RD AVE IN KIRBYVILLE.
Mar 9, 10:39 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD10 N Burr Ferry, LALA 392 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN LA 191 AND TORO RD 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1619 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 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

467 
WGUS54 KLCH 092230
FFWLCH
LAC115-TXC241-351-457-100430-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0004.160309T2230Z-160310T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
430 PM 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...
  EASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST WEDNESDAY
    
* AT 423 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
  CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS. FLASH
  FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY AS
  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO SIX INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST
  SIX HOURS. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JASPER...LEESVILLE...NEWTON...KIRBYVILLE...ANACOCO...FRED...BON
  WEIR...EBENEZER...BURKEVILLE...CALL...TOWN BLUFF...TOLEDO BEND
  DAM...FORT POLK...NEW LLANO...HORNBECK...BROWNDELL...ROGANVILLE...
  MAYFLOWER...SPURGER AND OLD SALEM.

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 AND BIG COW CREEKS. IN JASPER
COUNTY...SANDY CREEK AND WALNUT CREEK. IN TYLER COUNTY
SANDY...THEUVENINS...BEECH WOLF CREEKS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1030 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3136 9303 3088 9337 3086 9348 3088 9355
      3069 9363 3064 9368 3059 9368 3058 9373
      3050 9371 3053 9438 3107 9430 3116 9391
      3117 9358 3128 9353 3128 9344 3136 9339

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton28 min
Mar 8, 8:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHNewton15 days
Mar 9, 8:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler12 days
Mar 9, 10:38 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler67 min
Mar 9, 10:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler6 hr
Mar 9, 11:05 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin6 days
Mar 9, 11:05 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson10 days
Mar 9, 11:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper13 days
Mar 9, 3:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton60 min
Mar 9, 4:54 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHNewton8 days
Mar 9, 5:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange5 hr
Mar 9, 9:58 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
Mar 9, 3:56 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH23 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.