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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 9, 201910 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 9, 2019, 3:02 AM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2019, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 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 08:01 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 May 8, 11:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 11:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 9:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 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
May 8, 7:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	119 min
May 8, 7:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Rapides	119 min
May 8, 8:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	6 days
May 8, 8:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	22 days
May 9, 5:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Vernon	118 min
May 9, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	44 min
May 9, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	59 min
May 9, 8:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	52 min
May 9, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	39 min
May 9, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	45 min
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	5 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	21 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	21 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	21 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	21 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	7 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	21 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	21 days
May 9, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	21 days
May 9, 10:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	114 min
May 9, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	66 min
May 9, 11:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	66 min
May 9, 11:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	119 min
May 9, 11:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	107 min
May 9, 11:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides	119 min
May 9, 12:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	6 hr
May 9, 12:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	4 hr
May 9, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	29 min
May 9, 1:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	3 hr
May 9, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	38 min
May 9, 2:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	2 hr
May 9, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	40 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	4 hr
May 9, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	33 min
May 9, 4:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	2 hr
May 9, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	2 hr
May 9, 5:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry	2 hr
May 9, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	46 min
May 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	44 min
May 9, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	42 min
May 9, 6:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	3 hr
May 9, 6:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	119 min
May 9, 6:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	3 hr
May 9, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	42 min
May 9, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	42 min
May 9, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	111 min
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	21 days
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	21 days
May 8, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	21 days
May 9, 3:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	118 min
May 9, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	21 days
May 9, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	21 days
May 9, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	21 days
May 9, 2:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	2 hr
May 9, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	39 min
May 9, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	44 min
May 9, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	42 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper	17 min
May 9, 5:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper	114 min
May 9, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	27 min

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.