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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 16, 2025Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2025, 2:28 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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: Jun 16, 2025, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 278 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 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 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 Jun 16, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:06 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
206 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

TXZ180-201-161930-
Hardin TX-Tyler TX-
206 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN TYLER AND
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 206 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Village Mills, or 7 miles east of Wildwood, moving northeast at 5
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Kountze, Fred, Wildwood, Caney Head, Village Mills, and Spurger.

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 3070 9416 3057 9409 3055 9409 3055 9408
      3053 9407 3051 9408 3049 9408 3047 9410
      3046 9410 3042 9412 3035 9436 3056 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 245DEG 6KT 3050 9431

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Tingler

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
210 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

LAZ029-161930-
Avoyelles LA-
210 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH THROUGH
230 PM CDT...

At 210 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge to
near Big Bend. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Marksville, Simmesport, Moreauville, Bordelonville, Mansura,
Brouillette, Big Bend, Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge, and
Hamburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3129 9201 3122 9199 3125 9196 3122 9194
      3123 9192 3128 9195 3130 9191 3126 9185
      3127 9184 3123 9179 3119 9168 3117 9168
      3114 9172 3110 9170 3105 9172 3097 9181
      3090 9180 3087 9186 3117 9215 3130 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 232DEG 35KT 3123 9195 3104 9178

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Tingler

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		27 min
Jun 16, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	32 min
Jun 16, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	33 min
Jun 16, 10:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	35 min
Jun 16, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	29 min
Jun 16, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	30 min
Jun 16, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	36 min
Jun 16, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	23 min
Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	27 min
Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	20 min
Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	33 min
Jun 16, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	24 min
Jun 16, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	29 min
Jun 16, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	26 min
Jun 16, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	36 min
Jun 16, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	32 min
Jun 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	36 min
Jun 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	3 hr
Jun 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	45 min
Jun 16, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	32 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.