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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 12:32 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2016, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
952
WGUS54 KLCH 031732
FFWLCH
LAC011-115-031930-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0056.160603T1732Z-160603T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1232 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 1230 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN VERNON PARISH...WITH LIGHTER RAIN
CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH. FLOODING IS ONGOING
IN PARTS OF BOTH PARISHES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEESVILLE...ROSEPINE...MERRYVILLE...ANACOCO...DE RIDDER...
FORT POLK...SINGER...SLAGLE...DERIDDER...NEW LLANO...HORNBECK...
BIVENS...KURTHWOOD...TULLA...JUNCTION...BANCROFT...BURR FERRY...
PICKERING AND EVANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3066 9311 3054 9373 3059 9371 3059 9368
3066 9367 3069 9362 3076 9361 3081 9356
3087 9356 3093 9353 3099 9358 3103 9351
3109 9356 3113 9354 3118 9353 3122 9355
3127 9354 3128 9344 3137 9336 3137 9310
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Jun 3, 7:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 95 min | |
| Jun 3, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 96 min | |
| Jun 3, 9:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 days |
| Jun 3, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Jun 3, 11:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 111 min |
| Jun 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 4 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.