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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2021, 7:39 AM CDT for Beauregard 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2021, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2021, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
977
WGUS54 KLCH 061239
FFWLCH
LAC011-061545-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0035.210606T1239Z-210606T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
739 AM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 1045 AM CDT.
* At 739 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fields, Singer, Bivens, Oretta and Bancroft.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
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 3078 9339 3076 9332 3065 9332 3054 9338
3049 9344 3049 9349 3045 9349 3041 9354
3041 9371 3043 9371 3044 9370 3045 9371
3048 9372 3051 9371 3052 9371 3052 9372
3059 9371 3059 9368 3061 9369 3066 9367
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 89 min |
| Jun 6, 7:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 71 min |
| Jun 6, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 82 min |
| Jun 6, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.