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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 25, 2019Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2019, 3:24 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2019, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2019, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted.

485 
WGUS54 KLCH 252024
FFWLCH
LAC019-252330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0075.190825T2024Z-190825T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
324 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South central Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 324 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have 
  already fallen in the past hour. Flash flooding is expected to 
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Sulphur, Carlyss and Edgerly. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3031 9330 3009 9334 3010 9354 3034 9356

$$

Tingler

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 2:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.