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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2021, 3:13 PM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 3, 2021, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
310
WGUS54 KLCH 032013
FFWLCH
TXC361-032215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0041.210703T2013Z-210703T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
313 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Orange County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 313 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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...
Orange, Vidor, Bridge City, West Orange, Mauriceville, Pine
Forest, Orangefield and Pinehurst.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 879 and 863.
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.
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 3012 9372 3010 9372 3008 9372 3009 9373
3008 9373 3007 9372 3003 9375 3001 9380
3002 9386 3008 9395 3020 9404 3024 9401
3024 9389
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 86 min |
| Jul 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 4 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.