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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 18, 2019, 1:57 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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 18, 2019, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 18, 3:11 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Cecilia, LA | PER DOTD... LA-347 CLOSED FROM LA-686 TO LA-328 NEAR CECILIA DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 18, 3:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Carencro, LA | CARENCRO POLICE PLACING BARRICADES TO CLOSE PREJEAN RD. AT WISTERIA BEND UP TO GOURMET RD. DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 18, 3:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Lafayette, LA | SCOTT POLICE REPORT THAT THE 900 BLOCK OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted.
766
WGUS54 KLCH 181857
FFWLCH
LAC055-097-099-182200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0013.190418T1857Z-190418T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
157 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2019
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Lafayette Parish in south central Louisiana...
Northwestern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana...
St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 157 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lafayette, Opelousas, Scott, Breaux Bridge, Carencro, St.
Martinville, Krotz Springs, Leonville, Arnaudville, Melville,
Palmetto, Bayou Current, Broussard, Youngsville, Sunset, Port
Barre, Duson, Henderson, Washington and Grand Coteau.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3057 9176 3053 9174 3005 9184 3007 9195
3003 9197 3007 9206 3013 9209 3012 9214
3015 9228 3017 9225 3021 9225 3024 9218
3027 9218 3029 9214 3032 9214 3035 9218
3042 9218 3085 9196 3085 9182 3071 9173
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:35 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 12 hr | |
| Apr 18, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 9:41 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 38 hr | |
| Apr 18, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Apr 18, 10:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Apr 18, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 11:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 11:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 12:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| Apr 18, 12:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 21 min | |
| Apr 18, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 12:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 118 min |
| Apr 18, 3:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 23 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 4:18 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 18 hr | |
| Apr 18, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 119 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.