Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2016, 4:32 AM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. 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
- Aug 14, 2016, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:59 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Centerville, LA | LA 317 CLOSED AT MM 3 DUE TO FLASH FLOOD |
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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
216
WGUS54 KLCH 140932
FFWLCH
LAC099-101-141300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0085.160814T0932Z-160814T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
432 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 429 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST
FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING DUE TO THE SATURATED
GROUND. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...JEANERETTE...BERWICK...
BAYOU VISTA...BURNS POINT...STEPHENSVILLE...BALDWIN...CHARENTON...
AMELIA...PATTERSON MEMORIAL AIRPORT...SORREL...ELLERSLIE...
PIERRE PART AND CENTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 2955 9128 2946 9130 2952 9136 2952 9142
2955 9141 2952 9155 2955 9152 2963 9155
2963 9166 2975 9160 2974 9163 2975 9166
2976 9162 2976 9166 2991 9165 2994 9163
2997 9125 2986 9120 2980 9109 2963 9108
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 88 min | |
| Aug 14, 6:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 5 more | 9 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.