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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Apr 20, 2016, 4:01 AM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 20, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2016, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
279 WGUS64 KLCH 200901 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 401 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. RECENT RAINS HAVE COMPLETELY SATURATED THE GROUNDS ACROSS THE REGION. THIS NEXT SYSTEM THAT IS COMING IN WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES MAINLY IN LOW AREAS AND IN CREEKS AND SMALL BAYOUS. LAZ027>032-041-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-201715- /O.NEW.KLCH.FF.A.0004.160420T1200Z-160421T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-CALCASIEU- TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR... TOWN BLUFF...FRED...HILLISTER...IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN... WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY... HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE...FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN... NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL...GIST...BUNA...EVADALE... DEWEYVILLE 401 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ALLEN... AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...RAPIDES AND VERNON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING * LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL... THIS WILL RAISE THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
6 follow-up statements
518 WGUS64 KLCH 202046 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 346 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .ONGOING COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY OUT OF THE CURRENT WATCH AREA. WHILE ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF MORE ORGANIZED AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW. LAZ027>032-041-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-210500- /O.EXT.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-CALCASIEU- TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR... TOWN BLUFF...FRED...HILLISTER...IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN... WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY... HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE...FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN... NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL...GIST...BUNA...EVADALE... DEWEYVILLE 346 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...RAPIDES AND VERNON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER... NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ 13
054 WGUS64 KLCH 210135 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 835 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10. THIS COUPLED WITH PREVIOUS DAYS RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WEST TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO YIELD MORE ORGANIZED AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAZ033-042>045-073-211300- /O.EXA.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ST. LANDRY-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE... HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR... CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT...RICHARD...LAFAYETTE... BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU 835 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...LAFAYETTE AND UPPER ST. MARTIN. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND WEST CAMERON. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ LAZ027>032-041-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-211300- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-CALCASIEU- TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR... TOWN BLUFF...FRED...HILLISTER...IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN... WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS... SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY... HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE...FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN... NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL...GIST...BUNA...EVADALE... DEWEYVILLE 835 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...RAPIDES AND VERNON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER... NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * AINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
189 WGUS64 KLCH 210427 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1127 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES. THIS COUPLED WITH PREVIOUS DAYS RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WEST TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO YIELD MORE ORGANIZED AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAZ052>055-074-211300- /O.EXA.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-EAST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX... FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT... CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA... STEPHENSVILLE...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH 1127 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IBERIA...LOWER ST. MARTIN AND ST. MARY. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST CAMERON AND VERMILION. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-073-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-211300- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE... LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT... RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE... HACKBERRY...JOHNSON BAYOU...TOWN BLUFF...FRED...HILLISTER... IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN...WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR... BRIDGE CITY...HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE... FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL... GIST...BUNA...EVADALE...DEWEYVILLE 1127 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFFERSON DAVIS... LAFAYETTE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERNON AND WEST CAMERON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON... NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER... SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
397 WGUS64 KLCH 210843 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 343 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS RESULTED COMPLETE SATURATED SOILS. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO YIELD ORGANIZED AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 211800- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE... LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT... RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...TOWN BLUFF...FRED... HILLISTER...IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN...WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON... SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE... FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL... GIST...BUNA...EVADALE...DEWEYVILLE 343 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA... JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...VERNON AND WEST CAMERON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON... NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER... SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ K. KUYPER
285 WGUS64 KLCH 211844 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 144 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM... .A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST TO EAST OVER THE SATURATED GROUNDS WILL RESULT IN AGGRAVATED FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE LINE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 212300- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE... LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT... RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH...TOWN BLUFF...FRED... HILLISTER...IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN...WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON... SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE... VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE... FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL... GIST...BUNA...EVADALE...DEWEYVILLE 144 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA... JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...VERNON AND WEST CAMERON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON... NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER... SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
286 WGUS64 KLCH 211955 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 255 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM... .A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST TO EAST OVER THE SATURATED GROUNDS WILL RESULT IN AGGRAVATED FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS THE LINE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-212100- /O.CAN.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOWN BLUFF...FRED...HILLISTER... IVANHOE...SPURGER...WARREN...WOODVILLE...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE... BEAUMONT...SABINE PASS...SEA RIM STATE PARK...ORANGE...VIDOR... BRIDGE CITY...HOLLY SPRINGS...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE... FARRSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...NEWTON...WIERGATE...BLEAKWOOD...CALL... GIST...BUNA...EVADALE...DEWEYVILLE 255 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA ENDING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. $$ LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-212300- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160421T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE... COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER... FIELDS...ORETTA...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER... ST. LANDRY...MAMOU...REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE... LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT... RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH 255 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES... EVANGELINE...RAPIDES AND ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY AND UPPER ST. MARTIN. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA... ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERMILION AND WEST CAMERON. IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...VERNON. * UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING * RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS OVER EAST TEXAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS. CONSEQUENTLY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Apr 19, 8:58 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:58 PM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 858 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016 .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA CONTINUES TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. LATEST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW ISO TO SCT SHRA/TSRA AT BEST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER C AND N TX MOVING INTO SE TX FOR LATER WED MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FOR FORECAST...ADJUSTED POPS DOWN 10% ACROSS AREA FOR REMAINDER OF EVENING AND OVERNIGHT9 (20-30% POSSIBLE). REMAINDER OF FORECAST ON TRACK. DML && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016/ AVIATION...A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG WITH PATCHY MVFR CEILINGS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER AREA WIDE THROUGH THE EVENING AND BECOME MOSTLY IFR THEN RISE AND BECOME MVFR BY MID MORNING. SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW WHICH WILL CREATE PERIODS OF LOWER CEILINGS AND VIS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 439 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016/ DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF INTERIOR EAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY NOT BEEN TOO BAD GIVEN THE SCATTERED NATURE AND RELATIVELY GOOD MOVEMENT...BUT THERE ARE A FEW POCKETS OF ENHANCED TOTALS WHERE BOTH DEEPER AND SLOWER MOVING TSTMS ARE OCCURRING. WHILE THIS CONVECTION TO SOME DEGREE IS BEING AIDED BY AN APPROACHING SUBTLE IMPULSE EVIDENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WAA AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY IS ALSO PLAYING A ROLE. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST EARLY EVENING...BUT EVENTUALLY WANE WITH THE LOSS OF INSTABILITY AND THE PASSAGE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROF AXIS. FCST CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION NOT REAL HIGH FOR TOMORROW...THOUGH THERE IS SOME CONSENSUS IN BOTH GLOBAL AND HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AREAWIDE MORNING ACTIVITY...FOLLOWED BY A MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ENTERING EAST TX/WRN LA IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE IN THIS COMING TO FRUITION...THEN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED AGAIN AS CONVECTION WILL BE CAPABLE OF HIGH RAINFALL RATES. UPPER LOW OUT WEST PROGGED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY EWD...OPENING INTO MORE OF A TROF ON THU AS IT TRAVERSES THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY AND SENDS A WEAK FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI. GOOD CHANCE OF AREAWIDE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE FRONT...WITH SMALL RAIN CHANCES LINGERING INTO EARLY FRI UNTIL DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH. WEEKEND LOOKS NICE WITH POST FRONTAL RIDGE YIELDING CLEAR AND COOL NIGHTS AND SUNNY AND WARM AFTERNOONS. JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT TWO DAYS FIRST. 13 MARINE... A LIGHT TO MODEST ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST REGION REMAINS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS. GOOD RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COOL FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY...BRINGING DRIER WEATHER AND A BRIEF BOUT OF LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. SOUTH WINDS RETURN ON SATURDAY AS THE HIGH SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 63 77 64 78 / 40 70 50 70 LCH 67 78 68 79 / 30 60 50 70 LFT 67 80 67 80 / 30 40 30 60 BPT 67 79 67 80 / 30 70 60 60 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC...08
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 4:25 AM CDT, 23 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 425 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2016 GMZ435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216- 259>262-200930- VERMILION BAY-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN- EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 425 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF THIS MORNING AS THE ATMOSPHERE TAKES A BREATHER. LOOKING FOR STORMS TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STORM ACTIVITY ENDING LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STRONGER STORMS TODAY MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. GMZ430-432-450-452-455-470-472-475-200930- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 425 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT CHANCES FOR STORMS TO CONTINUE. STORMS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE MORNING TO AFTERNOON TIMEFRAME. CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STORM ACTIVITY ENDING LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 2:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Apr 20, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 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.