Heavy rain resulted in flooded and closed roadways.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Heavy rain resulted in flooded and closed roadways.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 26, 5:33 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 533 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 .DISCUSSION... FOR THE 26/12Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... UPPER LOW STILL OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL FINALLY GET A KICK TO THE EAST LATER TODAY WITH MORE OF A DEEPER NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT...ENDING THE UPGLIDE CLOUD/RAIN EVENT WITH DRIER CONDITIONS. UNTIL THAT OCCURS...OVERRIDING LOW CLOUDS...RAIN...DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE WITH LIFR/IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR/IFR VISIBILITIES. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EAST OF AN INVERTED SURFACE TROF. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE AT THE KAEX/KLFT/KARA TAF SITES. WITH THE DRIER CONDITIONS MOVING IN TONIGHT...ALL TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VFR DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND BEFORE THE END OF THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD. RUA && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011/ SYNOPSIS... CURRENTLY UPPER LOW IS MOVING ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH GOOD MOISTURE MOISTURE PLUME NOTED ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY STREAMING INTO THE REGION. PW'S ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 150 AND 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL THIS MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...SURFACE LOW IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF WITH INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST ALMOST BI-SECTING THE CWA FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. BEST MOISTURE IS POOLING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TROUGH AND THIS IS CURRENTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS FOUND. WITH RADAR PAST SEVERAL HOURS SHOWING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. QPE VALUES OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN AVOYELLES AND NORTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA NEAR SAM RAYBURN. THERE IS CONSIDERABLY LESS SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUES. DISCUSSION... AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT...THE SURFACE LOW WILL GET A BOOST TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL. WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST POPS...NEAR 100 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SEEING RAINFALL THIS MORNING. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT AND SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST. LOWER POPS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AS GUIDANCE INDICATES DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY OVERSPREADING THE AREA. THUS SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. ALL SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY LATE TONIGHT AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL BE DRY UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND WHEN THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR CLIMO FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS THEN A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN MID TO LATE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING ABOVE CLIMO. MARINE... WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME AS COLD AIR ADVECTION INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DO NOT CURRENTLY EXPECT ANY HEADLINES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE RATHER CALM MID WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 57 42 60 39 60 / 80 40 0 0 0 KBPT 57 42 62 41 63 / 60 30 0 0 0 KAEX 55 39 57 35 56 / 100 60 0 0 0 KLFT 61 43 59 39 59 / 90 60 0 0 0 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 359 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 LAZ028-029-032-033-044-045-053>055-271000- RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- 359 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LATEST RAIN. AS A RESULT THERE IS A VERY LOW RISK OF FLASH FLOODING GENERALLY EAST OF A ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE TO NEW IBERIA LINE...A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RISK...A LOW RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN AVOYELLES AND NORTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES TODAY WHERE HEAVIER RAINFALLS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LAZ027-030-031-041>043-052-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 271000- VERNON-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- VERMILION-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 359 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-271000- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 359 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. AT THIS TIME SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION MAY BE NEEDED...HOWEVER THE CHANCE FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused flooding of Highway 1178 between Highways 29 and 71 that resulted in the closure of the road for several hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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