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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 29, 2017Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2017, 10:21 AM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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
Aug 29, 2017, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2017, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
12 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 294 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WGUS54 KLCH 291521
FFWLCH
TXC241-457-292115-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0075.170829T1521Z-170829T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1021 AM CDT TUE AUG 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
  Northern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 415 PM CDT

* At 1020 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
  warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
  flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Jasper, Woodville, Kirbyville, Colmesneil, Chester, Ebenezer, Fred,
  Rockland, Warren, Town Bluff, Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, Spurger,
  Roganville, Ivanhoe, Hillister and Sam Rayburn Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9449 3103 9447 3110 9414
      3078 9387 3052 9389 3053 9454 3101 9466

$$

Tingler
1 follow-up statement
069 
WGUS54 KLCH 292057
FFWLCH
TXC241-457-300315-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170830T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
357 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
  Northern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT Tuesday

* At 356 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
  area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding
  is already occurring.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Jasper, Woodville, Kirbyville, Colmesneil, Chester, Ebenezer, Fred,
  Rockland, Warren, Town Bluff, Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, Spurger,
  Roganville, Ivanhoe, Hillister and Sam Rayburn Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9449 3103 9447 3110 9414
      3078 9387 3052 9389 3053 9454 3101 9466

$$

Tingler

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson19 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.