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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 10:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 2, 2016, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Lumberton, TX | PUBLIC POSTED PHOTO OF FLOODING AT KEITH ROAD AND CALLAHAN LANE |
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
392
WGUS54 KLCH 021554
FFWLCH
TXC199-245-351-361-021845-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0048.160602T1554Z-160602T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1054 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 1046 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN TRAINING NORTH AT 15 MPH ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF
THE WARNED AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SLOWLY
EASTWARD.
RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...
PORT NECHES...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...SOUR LAKE...
NOME...CENTRAL GARDENS...HAMSHIRE...SABINE PASS...MAURICEVILLE...
BEVIL OAKS...CHINA...ROSE CITY...PINE FOREST AND LAKEVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3016 9461 3024 9406 3024 9390 3026 9390
3029 9371 3008 9373 3008 9372 3006 9371
3007 9372 3000 9377 2999 9386 2997 9384
2981 9395 2969 9384 2967 9405 2956 9435
2989 9436 2989 9444 3011 9445 3011 9460
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 58 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 5 days |
| Jun 2, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 8 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.