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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2016, 11:05 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 11 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
- May 1, 2016, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 9:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 11:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nnw Lake Charles, LA | NOW VIDEO OF OTHER VEHICLE BEING SWEPT OFF THE ROAD AT BANK AND 7TH STREETS IN LAKE CHARLES. |
| May 1, 1:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 S Lake Charles, LA | REPORTS WATER CURRENTLY OVER TANK FARM ROAD |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
237
WGUS54 KLCH 011605
FFWLCH
LAC019-023-053-TXC361-012200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0041.160501T1605Z-160501T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1105 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 1059 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER THE AREA YESTERDAY. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA
FLOODED. WHILE THE RAIN HAS SLACKED OFF FOR THE TIME BEING OVER
MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND CALCASIEU PARISH.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...ORANGE...JENNINGS...WESTLAKE...WEST ORANGE...
WELSH...VINTON...IOWA...LAKE ARTHUR...FENTON...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES
REGIONAL AIRPORT...STARKS...LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...
HAYES...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...GILLIS AND BULLER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF CARS
FLOODING OUT...OR THE WAKE FROM PASSING MOTORISTS CAUSING ADDITIONAL
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 2999 9327 3005 9329 3005 9333 3000 9334
3001 9380 3024 9381 3025 9371 3038 9376
3040 9313 3044 9306 3044 9278 3047 9263
3043 9260 3038 9263 3023 9262 3020 9259
3009 9262 3004 9272 3004 9262 2997 9262
$$
272 follow-up statements
288
WGUS54 KLCH 012013
FFWLCH
LAC019-023-053-TXC361-020400-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160502T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
313 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 312 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE PAST 12 HOURS...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF 6
TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE CHARLES TO WESTLAKE...AND JUST
EAST OF THE LAKE CHARLES AIRPORT TO BELL CITY. THIS IS IN ADDITION
TO SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER THE AREA YESTERDAY.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA
FLOODED. OVER PORTIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND CALCASIEU PARISH.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAKE
CHARLES...SULPHUR...ORANGE...JENNINGS...WESTLAKE...WEST ORANGE...
WELSH...VINTON...IOWA...LAKE ARTHUR...FENTON...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE
CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...STARKS...LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE... HAYES...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...GILLIS AND BULLER.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE RE-DEVELOPING
ACROSSCALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL OF
GIVING2 TO 4 MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF CARS
FLOODING OUT...OR THE WAKE FROM PASSING MOTORISTS CAUSING ADDITIONAL
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 2999 9327 3005 9329 3005 9333 3000 9334
3001 9380 3024 9381 3025 9371 3038 9376
3040 9313 3044 9306 3044 9278 3047 9263
3043 9260 3038 9263 3023 9262 3020 9259
3009 9262 3004 9272 3004 9262 2997 9262
$$
LANDRENEAU840
WGUS74 KLCH 020259
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
959 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
LAC019-023-053-TXC361-020308-
/O.CAN.KLCH.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160502T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMERON LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-
959 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMERON...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...CALCASIEU PARISHES IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN
ORANGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 2999 9327 3005 9329 3005 9333 3000 9334
3001 9380 3024 9381 3025 9371 3038 9376
3040 9313 3044 9306 3044 9278 3047 9263
3043 9260 3038 9263 3023 9262 3020 9259
3009 9262 3004 9272 3004 9262 2997 9262
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 38 min |
| May 1, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 26 min |
| May 1, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 62 min |
| May 1, 4:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 66 min |
| May 1, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 61 min |
| May 1, 5:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 59 min |
| May 1, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 61 min |
| May 1, 5:19 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 12 hr |
| May 1, 5:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| May 1, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 39 min |
| May 1, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 49 min |
| May 1, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 51 min |
| May 1, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 4 hr |
| May 1, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 62 min |
| May 1, 8:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 118 min |
| May 1, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 4 days |
| May 1, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 11 days |
| May 1, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 49 hr |
| May 1, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 days |
| May 1, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion | 91 min |
| May 1, 10:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more | 11 hr |
| May 1, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| May 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| May 1, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 56 min |
| May 1, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 26 min |
| May 1, 6:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| May 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 4 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.