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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 11:31 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 3, 2016, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2016, 2:30 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 11:36 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kirbyville, TX | JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT COUNTY ROADS 720,721,725,707,784 AND 96 ARE ALL FLOODED IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS IN AND SOUTH OF 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
281
WGUS54 KLCH 031631
FFWLCH
TXC199-241-351-457-031930-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0055.160603T1631Z-160603T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1131 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 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 230 PM CDT
* AT 1129 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
NORTHERN PARTS OF JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES. WHILE RAINFALL
INTENSITY HAS DECREASED ELSEWHERE, FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING
ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LUMBERTON...JASPER...SILSBEE...WOODVILLE...NEWTON...KIRBYVILLE...
KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...COLMESNEIL...FRED...SARATOGA...BON WEIR...
BURKEVILLE...EVADALE...CALL...TOLEDO BEND DAM...WARREN...
WILDWOOD AND THICKET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 9473 3049 9454 3099 9442 3114 9402
3118 9354 3109 9356 3103 9351 3099 9358
3093 9353 3089 9357 3080 9357 3054 9374
3024 9412 3020 9409 3016 9412 3019 9421
3010 9436 3011 9460
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 12:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 9 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 3 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.