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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Apr 29, 2016, 3:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas; 10 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 29, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2016, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 3:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 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 20:30 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, 8.4 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
- 1353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
964 WGUS64 KLCH 292026 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 326 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THIS WEEKEND... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY MOVE TO THE EAST ON SATURDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. LAZ027-030-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-301200- /O.NEW.KLCH.FF.A.0005.160430T0000Z-160501T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER...FIELDS...ORETTA... 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 326 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... 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... BEAUREGARD AND VERNON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN... JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE... SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. * 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. THE LARGER RIVERS COULD REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 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. && $$ LAZ028-029-031>033-041>044-301200- /O.NEW.KLCH.FF.A.0005.160430T1200Z-160501T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU- JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE... MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA... OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER...ST. LANDRY...MAMOU... REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR... HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR... CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT...RICHARD...LAFAYETTE 326 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES... EVANGELINE...RAPIDES AND ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...LAFAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA... ALLEN...CALCASIEU AND JEFFERSON DAVIS. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0NE TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
9 follow-up statements
649 WGUS64 KLCH 300908 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 408 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THIS WEEKEND... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE DAY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...PRODUCING HIGH RAINFALL RATES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO LIKELY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. LAZ045-052>055-073-074-301800- /O.EXA.KLCH.FF.A.0005.160430T1200Z-160501T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 408 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... 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...ST. MARY AND UPPER ST. MARTIN. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST CAMERON...VERMILION AND WEST CAMERON. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$ LAZ041-301800- /O.EXT.KLCH.FF.A.0005.160430T0908Z-160501T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CALCASIEU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR 408 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...CALCASIEU. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ LAZ027-030-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-301800- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160501T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-BEAUREGARD-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT POLK...PICKERING...LEESVILLE... SLAGLE...BUNDICK LAKE...DE RIDDER...FIELDS...ORETTA... 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 408 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...BEAUREGARD AND VERNON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER... NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. THE LARGER RIVERS COULD REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 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. && $$ LAZ028-029-031>033-042>044-301800- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.160430T1200Z-160501T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-JEFFERSON DAVIS- ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...EFFIE... MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...MANSURA... OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...BEAVER...ST. LANDRY...MAMOU... REDDELL...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS... TOPSY...ROANOKE...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE... BRANCH...CHURCH POINT...RICHARD...LAFAYETTE 408 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...RAPIDES AND ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...LAFAYETTE. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN AND JEFFERSON DAVIS. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ RUA
526 WGUS64 KLCH 301624 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1124 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THIS WEEKEND... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE DAY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...PRODUCING HIGH RAINFALL RATES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO LIKELY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 010000- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160501T1200Z/ /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 1124 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... 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 SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$
499 WGUS64 KLCH 301911 FFALCH URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 211 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MONDAY... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL MAY NOT OCCUR SUNDAY CREATING MORE OF A LOCALIZED FLOODING EVENT IF ANY, HOWEVER BY MONDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. WITH THE SATURATED SOILS AND ALREADY FULL RIVERS AND BAYOUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTEDED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 011200- /O.EXT.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /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 211 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 MONDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$
542 WGUS64 KLCH 011030 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 530 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MONDAY... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND BE SLOW MOVERS. THEREFORE...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE ACTIVITY WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH A ROUND OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH THE SATURATED SOILS AND ALREADY FULL RIVERS AND BAYOUS...ANY RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 011800- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /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 530 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY 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. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$ RUA
959 WGUS64 KLCH 011756 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1256 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .FIVE TO 10 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH SINCE YESTERDAY. DRAINAGE AREAS ARE FILLING UP OR ARE OVERFLOWING ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. A BRIEF REPREIVE FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHERN AREAS...HOWEVER THE I-10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST WILL SEE OFF AND ON PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AGAIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 020200- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /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 1256 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY 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. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$
625 WGUS64 KLCH 020213 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 913 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .FIVE TO 10 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH SINCE YESTERDAY. DRAINAGE AREAS ARE FILLING UP OR ARE OVERFLOWING ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. A BRIEF REPREIVE FROM THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHERN AREAS...HOWEVER THE I-10 CORRIDOR TO THE COAST WILL SEE OFF AND ON PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AGAIN LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 021115- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /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 913 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY 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. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$
407 WGUS64 KLCH 021012 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 512 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .FIVE TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED WITH WATER PONDING IN LOW AREAS AND FILLING DRAINAGE DITCHES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND VERY HIGH RAIN RATES AGAIN EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR QUICKLY IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 022100- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /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 512 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * 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. 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. && $$ 24
593 WGUS64 KLCH 021945 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH THE GROUND REMAINING SATURATED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE WATCH AREAS MAY AGGRAVATE ONGOING RECEDING FLOOD WATERS. LAZ027>032-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-022045- /O.CAN.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-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...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 245 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-030000- /O.CON.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWTELL...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE... LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...HATHAWAY...JENNINGS...TOPSY...ROANOKE... WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT... RICHARD...LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE...ST. MARTINVILLE... ABBEVILLE...INTRACOASTAL CITY...MEAUX...FORKED ISLAND...KAPLAN... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...BURNS POINT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN... PATTERSON...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY... JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...KLONDIKE...CAMERON...CREOLE... GRAND CHENIER...RUTHERFORD BEACH 245 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY AND UPPER ST. MARTIN. IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERMILION AND WEST CAMERON. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. * PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
746 WGUS64 KLCH 022056 FFALCH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 356 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... .COOLER AND DRIER AIR ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT IS LIMITING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE...AND SHOULD NOT POSE A THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON. LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-022200- /O.CAN.KLCH.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160503T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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...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 356 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 29, 12:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1227 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
.AVIATION...OCCASIONAL MVFR CEILINGS ALONG WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT, HOWEVER CEILINGS WILL AS WELL.
ISOLATED TO PERHAPS WIDELY SCT SHOWERS AND STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON, HOWEVER WITH THE LOW PROB IT WAS LEFT OUT OF
THE TAFS UNTIL LATER TONIGHT WHEN A MCS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
CLOSER.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 715 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016/
DISCUSSION...
FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE.
AVIATION...
SFC OBS INDICATE MVFR TO SOMETIMES IFR CEILINGS PERSISTING ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA ATTM ALTHOUGH RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY HAVE
BEEN LIMITED WITH AN ELEVATED SRLY SFC WIND KEEPING FOG
DEVELOPMENT AT BAY. EXPECT CEILINGS TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING...
WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. MAIN STORY
WILL BE THE WINDS WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY 15-20 KNOTS BY AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTS TO UPWARDS OF 30 KNOTS POSSIBLE MAINLY KBPT/KARA.
PRECIP POTENTIAL LOOKS LIMITED TODAY WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS
INDICATING JUST A NARROW RIBBON OF MOISTURE CONFINED TO THE LOWEST
LEVELS. HOWEVER THAT BEGINS TO CHANGE TONIGHT AS MOISTURE
INCREASES AHEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE ALOFT...WITH SHORT-
RANGE MODELS VARYING ON ARRIVAL TIMES OF A POTENTIAL LINE OF
CONVECTION.
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PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 454 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016/
SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS ROTATING OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. MOVING
TO THE EAST...WITH A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO
SHOWS SOUTHERN JET BECOMING MORE ACTIVE BRINGING AN INCREASE IN
TROPICAL EAST PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. THESE FEATURES
WILL COMBINE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS TO BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER TO THE FORECAST AREA.
DISCUSSION...
A QUIET...BUT RATHER HUMID START TO THE FORECAST. SOME PATCHY FOG
WILL OCCUR UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. OTHERWISE...FORECAST AREA
TODAY WILL HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A CAP...WITH NO REAL TRIGGER...EXCEPT
FOR DAYTIME HEATING. SO WILL JUST GO WITH LOW END CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON...AND OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. WITH DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW IN THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE...COULD BE A LITTLE BREEZY...BUT AT THIS POINT LOOKS
LIKE WINDS STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
THE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AND STORM SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE TODAY...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THEN TO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY BY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN OFF TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES BY
MONDAY MORNING. A TRAILING COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW...WILL MOVE
SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY...BEFORE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
BY MONDAY MORNING AND STALLS.
INCREASING MOISTURE...ALONG WITH INCREASING LIFT FROM THE FRONT
AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...WILL ALLOW FOR A
COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TODAY
INTO TONIGHT...WITH THIS ACTIVITY MOVING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...THEN SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY. WITH ACTIVITY
REDEVELOPING ON SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE FORECAST AREA...AHEAD OF
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...THAT WILL KEEP ACTIVITY GOING THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.75
INCHES TONIGHT AND TO OVER 1.75 INCHES TO NEARLY 2 INCHES ON
SATURDAY...THESE VALUES ARE AT OR ABOVE TWICE THE STANDARD
DEVIATION OF NORMAL. MEAN RH VALUES WILL ALSO BE OVER 70 TO 80
PERCENT...SO CONVECTION SHOULD BE EFFICIENT PRECIPITATION
PRODUCERS. THEREFORE...HEAVY RAINFALL IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY.
STORM TOTAL FROM WPC QPF AND MODEL BLEND...FAVOR 2 TO 4 INCHES ON
AVERAGE NORTHWEST OF AN OPELOUSAS TO CAMERON LINE FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF
THAT LINE FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS
LATER TODAY...AND IF THESE PRECIP NUMBERS CONTINUE...A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED...THAT WPC
DOES HAVE THE UPPER SOUTHEAST TEXAS PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA
HIGHLIGHTED FOR A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
FOR A MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE DAY ON SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT.
ALSO...WITH SPEED MAX INCREASING BULK SHEAR VALUES...AND FAVORABLE
LAPSE RATES...THERE COULD BE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ON
SATURDAY...WITH STRAIGHTLINE WINDS FROM WET MICRO-BURSTS THE MAIN
CONCERN. SPC ALSO HAS THE FORECAST AREA OUTLINED IN MARGINAL TO
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ON THE DAY 2 OUTLOOK (SATURDAY.)
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THREAT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON SUNDAY
AS THE FRONT SAGS INTO THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH RAIN CHANCES
BRIEFLY DECREASING.
RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...AS COLD
FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...AND ACTIVE SOUTHERN JET
WILL AGAIN BRING DISTURBANCES TO CAUSE OVER-RIDING TYPE
SHOWERS...AND WITH DECENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY...THUNDERSTORMS.
PWAT AND MEAN RH VALUES ARE AGAIN HIGH DURING THIS PERIOD...SO
WILL HAVE TO WATCH AGAIN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IF WE
RECEIVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAINFALL DURING THE WEEKEND.
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM DISTURBANCES MERGE BY WEDNESDAY
ALLOWING FOR LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE EAST COAST. THIS
WILL HELP BRING A DEEPER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST
AREA AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
RUA
MARINE...
ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY INTO SATURDAY...AS
GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF...IN RESPONSE TO
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE MOVING INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE A STEADY 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WILL KEEP THE SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION
HEADLINE THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE COASTAL WATERS ON
SUNDAY...THE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE.
OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON EARLY MONDAY...AS A WEAK
COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS AND STALLS.
RUA
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX 71 81 69 83 / 50 70 70 40
LCH 73 80 71 81 / 40 60 70 50
LFT 74 82 72 83 / 20 50 70 60
BPT 72 81 70 82 / 50 70 70 50
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LAZ041-
052>054-073-074.
TX...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR TXZ215-216.
GM...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR GMZ450-
452-455-470-472-475.
&&
AVIATION...05Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 5:29 AM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 529 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 301130- 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- 529 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COMPLEX OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...FOR THAT AREA...AND A MODERATE RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A HIGH CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IN A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS...AND A SLIGHT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING HIGH RAIN CHANCES FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-301130- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- 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- 529 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ELEVATED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS. A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RUA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:57 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | 32 hr | |
| Apr 28, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 16 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.