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Areal Flood Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 18, 2021Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this areal flood warning at May 18, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 18, 6:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 2:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 3:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 3:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 3:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 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 17, 7:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette	5 hr
May 17, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin	27 min
May 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	26 min
May 17, 7:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Vermilion	3 hr
May 17, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	6 hr
May 17, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
May 17, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Vermilion	29 min
May 17, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	38 min
May 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	3 hr
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	8 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	8 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	12 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	5 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Rapides	21 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	8 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		87 min
May 17, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	52 min
May 17, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	56 min
May 17, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		96 min
May 17, 11:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Vermilion	3 hr
May 17, 11:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	3 hr
May 18, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		66 min
May 18, 1:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	5 hr
May 18, 1:48 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		5 days
May 18, 2:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	6 hr
May 18, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		50 min
May 18, 7:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	2 hr
May 18, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
May 18, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	21 days
May 18, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	10 days
May 18, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
May 18, 1:42 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron	8 hr
May 18, 1:57 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Saint Martin	14 hr
May 17, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	8 days
May 17, 8:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	6 hr
May 18, 2:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	5 hr
May 18, 7:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.