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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2016, 2:54 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 96 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, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
371
WGUS54 KLCH 181954
FFWLCH
LAC045-099-182130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0096.160818T1954Z-160818T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
254 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 253 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...CATAHOULA...BREAUX BRIDGE...
ST. MARTINVILLE...JEANERETTE...HENDERSON...LOREAUVILLE...CECILIA...
LAKE PELBA...LYDIA...LAKE FAUSSE POINTE...BUTTE LA ROSE AND PARKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2998 9132 2995 9162 2989 9179 3033 9196
3036 9195 3037 9197 3038 9163 3036 9165
3036 9163 3031 9162 3026 9159 3021 9151
3010 9146 3010 9140
$$
241 follow-up statement
719
WGUS74 KLCH 182058
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
358 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
LAC045-099-182107-
/O.CAN.KLCH.FF.W.0096.000000T0000Z-160818T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. MARTIN LA-IBERIA LA-
358 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN AND
NORTHEASTERN IBERIA PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 2998 9132 2995 9162 2989 9179 3033 9196
3036 9195 3037 9197 3038 9163 3036 9165
3036 9163 3031 9162 3026 9159 3021 9151
3010 9146 3010 9140
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 92 min |
| 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, 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.