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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2016, 1:28 PM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 92 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 18, 2016, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
176
WGUS54 KLCH 181828
FFWLCH
LAC001-045-055-097-099-113-182000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0095.160818T1828Z-160818T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
128 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 127 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HIGH RAIN RATES. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...NEW IBERIA...ABBEVILLE...SCOTT...BREAUX BRIDGE...
RAYNE...CARENCRO...ST. MARTINVILLE...JEANERETTE...CHURCH POINT...
ARNAUDVILLE...AVERY ISLAND...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...SUNSET...
ERATH...DELCAMBRE...DUSON...HENDERSON AND MAURICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2991 9166 2989 9167 2987 9205 3043 9243
3044 9180 2992 9165
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 96 min |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.