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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2017, 6:26 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2017, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 11.4 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
- 2161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted.
113 WGUS54 KLCH 032326 FFWLCH TXC241-457-040300- /O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0032.170503T2326Z-170504T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 626 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2017 The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Tyler County in southeastern Texas... Northern Jasper County in southeastern Texas... * Until 1000 PM CDT * At 625 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Two to four inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Jasper, Woodville, Colmesneil, Rockland, Ebenezer and Sam Rayburn Dam. Additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3111 9394 3089 9391 3073 9447 3100 9452 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:10 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | 20 hr | |
| May 3, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | 17 hr | |
| May 3, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 64 min |
| May 3, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 46 min |
| May 3, 7:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 31 min |
| May 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 46 min |
| May 3, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| May 3, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 3, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 3, 11:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 7 days |
| May 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 44 min |
| May 3, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 54 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.