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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 10:58 PM CST for Hardin County, Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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
- Mar 9, 2016, 10:58 PM CST (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 11:17 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Silsbee, TX | PUBLIC REPORTS HWY 92 NORTH OF SILSBEE IS FLOODED. |
| Mar 9, 11:37 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Bevil Oaks, TX | TXDOT REPORTS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODING ALONG FM 421. |
| Mar 9, 11:39 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw Buna, TX | TXDOT REPORTS FM 1004 CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAY |
| Mar 10, 12:14 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 9.03 | 4 N Silsbee, TX | MESONET STATION 3 N SILSBEE /D9101/ |
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
288
WGUS54 KLCH 100458
FFWLCH
TXC199-241-101030-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0009.160310T0458Z-160310T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1058 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 AM CST
* AT 1054 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF EAST TEXAS. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF THIS AREA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS...WITH FLOODING ONGOING AS A RESULT OF THE RAINFALL RECEIVED
TODAY AND TONIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...EVADALE...
WILDWOOD...BUNA...SARATOGA...VILLAGE MILLS...HONEY ISLAND AND CANEY
HEAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9388 3024 9412 3011 9445 3011 9453
3053 9454
$$
131 follow-up statement
615
WGUS74 KLCH 100909
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
309 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016
TXC199-241-101030-
/O.CON.KLCH.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160310T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
309 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR
HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 305 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...EVADALE...
WILDWOOD...BUNA...SARATOGA...VILLAGE MILLS...HONEY ISLAND AND CANEY
HEAD.
ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAD SUBSIDED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS, ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IN THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9388 3024 9412 3011 9445 3011 9453
3053 9454
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 13 days |
| Mar 10, 1:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 12 days |
| Mar 10, 4:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 8 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:36 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 24 hr |
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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.