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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2024, 7:07 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. 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 3, 2024, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2024, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 3, 6:49 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:49 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 3, 4:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
415 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
TXZ201-030945-
Hardin TX-
415 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY THROUGH
445 AM CDT...
At 415 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Thicket, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Kountze, Saratoga, Thicket, and Honey Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3041 9470 3050 9433 3024 9430 3027 9465
3038 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 264DEG 19KT 3033 9467
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
JonesSpecial weather statement, May 3, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
445 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
TXZ201-031015-
Hardin TX-
445 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY
THROUGH 515 AM CDT...
At 445 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Honey Island, or near Kountze, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lumberton, Silsbee, Kountze, and Honey Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3050 9412 3042 9411 3041 9412 3031 9411
3030 9412 3028 9412 3027 9411 3026 9411
3027 9410 3025 9410 3024 9412 3023 9412
3025 9447 3043 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0945Z 266DEG 18KT 3035 9439
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
JonesLocal storm report, May 3, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
513 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 AM Hail Kountze 30.38N 94.32W
05/03/2024 M1.00 Inch Hardin TX Emergency Mngr
Hardin county EM submitted photos of quarter
size hail in Kountze.
&&
DJSpecial weather statement, May 3, 5:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
533 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
TXZ201-261-031100-
Hardin TX-Southern Jasper TX-
533 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM CDT...
At 533 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Batson, or near Saratoga, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Silsbee, Buna, and Evadale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3053 9399 3052 9398 3030 9392 3031 9423
3042 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 260DEG 36KT 3029 9464
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
JonesSpecial weather statement, May 3, 5:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 534 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024 TXZ201-031100- Hardin TX- 534 AM CDT Fri May 3 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY THROUGH 600 AM CDT... At 534 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Batson, or near Saratoga, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Lumberton, Silsbee, Kountze, Saratoga, Batson, and Honey Island. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3048 9420 3021 9415 3018 9462 3037 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 260DEG 36KT 3029 9464 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH Jones
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| May 3, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 26 min | |
| May 3, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 32 min | |
| May 3, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 23 min | |
| May 3, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 32 min | |
| May 3, 4:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 34 min | |
| May 3, 5:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 25 min | |
| May 3, 6:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 24 min | |
| May 3, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 26 min | |
| May 3, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| May 3, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 25 min |
| May 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| May 3, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 37 min |
| May 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 27 min |
| May 3, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 26 min |
| May 3, 5:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 3 hr |
| May 3, 8:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Orange, Tyler | 24 hr |
| May 3, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 5 hr |
| May 3, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 34 min |
| May 3, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 3 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.