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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 1, 201910 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 1, 2019, 3:57 PM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 2, 2019, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2019, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 2, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2019, 6:53 PM CST
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 1, 12:36 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:36 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	21 days
Jan 1, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	21 days
Jan 1, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	21 days
Jan 1, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	21 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.