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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 16, 2016Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2016, 1:51 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 16, 2016, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2016-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 256 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2016-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WGUS54 KLCH 161851
FFWLCH
LAC045-099-161945-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0087.160816T1851Z-160816T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
151 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 150 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RADAR ESTIMATES ONLY
  SHOW ON THE ORDER OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH FALLING IN THE PAST HOUR
  WITH THIS ACTIVITY...THIS RAINFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO
  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING ON TOP OF WHAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CATAHOULA...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...HENDERSON...
  LOREAUVILLE...CECILIA...LAKE PELBA...LAKE FAUSSE POINTE...
  BUTTE LA ROSE AND PARKS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 2995 9173 3039 9193 3039 9170 2995 9151

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu7 days
Aug 16, 2:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Saint Landry63 min
Aug 16, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis62 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.