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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2016, 10:35 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 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, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238
WGUS54 KLCH 170335
FFWLCH
LAC001-055-113-170430-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0091.160817T0335Z-160817T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1033 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...CROWLEY...ABBEVILLE...SCOTT...RAYNE...CARENCRO...
KAPLAN...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...DUSON...MAURICE...MORSE...
BRANCH...MEAUX...WRIGHT...MAXIE...RIDGE...INDIAN BAYOU...
LYONS POINT AND MIRE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA WITHIN AN HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3013 9252 3037 9245 3038 9218 3035 9218
3030 9214 3033 9209 3038 9205 3036 9203
3037 9201 3036 9196 3028 9195 3026 9197
3023 9194 3021 9198 3019 9198 3018 9196
3019 9192 3017 9191 2999 9198 2999 9243
$$
RUA1 follow-up statement
852
WGUS74 KLCH 170433
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1133 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
LAC001-055-113-170441-
/O.EXP.KLCH.FF.W.0091.000000T0000Z-160817T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION LA-ACADIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-
1133 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION...CENTRAL
ACADIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED. THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING IS
NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3013 9252 3037 9245 3038 9218 3035 9218
3030 9214 3033 9209 3038 9205 3036 9203
3037 9201 3036 9196 3028 9195 3026 9197
3023 9194 3021 9198 3019 9198 3018 9196
3019 9192 3017 9191 2999 9198 2999 9243
$$
RUAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.