Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2017, 6:42 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana; Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2017, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2017, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ball, LA | PARADISE ROAD FLOODING IN THE BALL AREA. |
| Apr 2, 9:39 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alexandria, LA | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED. |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Alexandria, LA | REPORT OF WATER IN HOMES. |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.3 | 2 E Fort Polk, LA | EVENT RAINFALL TOTAL AS OF 10 PM CDT AT THE KPOE, FORT POLK ASOS SITE. |
| Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.74 | 2 Nw Fullerton, LA | RAINFALL EVENT TOTAL AS OF 10 PM CDT FOR THE KBKB, FULLERTON, LOUISIANA ASOS SITE. |
| Apr 2, 11:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alexandria, LA | SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF ONGOING FLOODING ON ROAD, AND IN PARKING LOT WITH WATER UP TO BUILDINGS. |
| Apr 2, 11:09 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pickering, LA | PICTURES OF VEHICLES SUBMERGED IN WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.3
The text
As transmitted.
811
WGUS54 KLCH 022342
FFWLCH
LAC003-011-079-115-TXC241-351-030545-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0008.170402T2342Z-170403T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
642 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Rapides Parish in central Louisiana...
Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana...
Northeastern Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Central Newton County in southeastern Texas...
Southeastern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 1245 AM CDT Monday
* At 641 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. One to three inches of rain has
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Alexandria, Pineville, Leesville, Rosepine, Glenmora, Merryville,
Elizabeth, Singer, Sugartown, Hineston, Fields, Bon Weir, Dry
Creek, Fort Polk, De Ridder, Alexandria International Airport,
Call, Pitkin, Buna and Grant.
Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are possible in the
warned area.
LAT...LON 3147 9216 3146 9217 3145 9215 3143 9216
3140 9214 3133 9218 3133 9222 3132 9223
3126 9223 3099 9242 3055 9321 3041 9407
3099 9362 3143 9244 3148 9221
$$
jbThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 5 days |
| Apr 2, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 9:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 9 days |
| Apr 2, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 23 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 119 min |
| Apr 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 4:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.