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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 2, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 1:42 PM 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, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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
Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDTFLASH FLOODJasper, TXTXDOT REPORTS FLOODING ON FM 777 AS WELL AS FM 1013 NEAR BUNA AND KIRBYVILLE.

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, 6.7 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 2016-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1712 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

466 
WGUS54 KLCH 021842
FFWLCH
TXC199-241-351-457-022145-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0050.160602T1842Z-160602T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
142 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 140 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN
DEPTHS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 9454 3101 9466 3106 9456 3103 9447
      3116 9391 3118 9354 3109 9356 3103 9351
      3100 9358 3094 9353 3089 9357 3082 9356
      3054 9374 3044 9370 3033 9376 3025 9371
      3024 9412 3021 9410 3015 9461 3049 9473

$$

JONES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jefferson2 hr
Jun 2, 7:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jefferson, Tyler3 hr
Jun 2, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler58 hr
Jun 2, 9:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler3 hr
Jun 2, 9:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler4 hr
Jun 2, 10:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Newton, Orange3 hr
Jun 2, 10:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin5 days
Jun 2, 1:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange3 hr
Jun 2, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler8 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.