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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 8:24 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 8:24 AM CDT (13:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Milton, LA | CONVENIENCE STORE IN MILTON HAS APPROX TWO INCHES OF WATER THROUGHOUT STORE. |
| Aug 12, 10:13 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Youngsville, LA | SEVERAL HOUSES HAVE WATER IN BEACON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUNGSVILLE. |
| Aug 12, 10:48 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lafayette, LA | WATER OVER THE LEVEE SYSTEM NEAR PARC LAFAYETTE. SEVERAL HOUSES SEVERELY FLOODED IN THE PLANTATION NEIGHBORHOOD. RESCUES UNDERWAY. |
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
266
WGUS54 KLCH 121324
FFWLCH
LAC045-055-099-113-121915-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0063.160812T1324Z-160812T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
824 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 818 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA THIS
MORNING . FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE
SAME GENERAL AREAS AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THROUGH NOON. SEVERAL STREETS AND SECONDARY
ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED
THIS MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...NEW IBERIA...ABBEVILLE...SCOTT...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST.
MARTINVILLE...AVERY ISLAND...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...ERATH...
DELCAMBRE...DUSON...MAURICE...LOREAUVILLE...COTEAU...ACADIANA REGIONAL
AIRPORT...RIDGE...HENRY...CADE AND LYDIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 2979 9209 3022 9224 3022 9222 3024 9221
3024 9218 3027 9217 3031 9181 2989 9168
2987 9169 2984 9183 2983 9185 2984 9190
2982 9191 2982 9194 2983 9197 2981 9198
$$
BRAZZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 1:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Saint Landry | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 7:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 35 days |
| Aug 12, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 14 days |
| Aug 12, 10:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 36 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.