Heavy rain fell across the Southeast Texas piney woods region producing flooding of some roadways.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Heavy rain fell across the Southeast Texas piney woods region producing flooding of some 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 Sep 30, 6:01 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 701 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 .AVIATION UPDATE...REGARDING 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER EAST TEXAS THROUGH TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH STRENGTHENING SHORTWAVE ENERGY COMING IN FROM THE WEST WITH BRING A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TERMINALS TODAY. && MARCOTTE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 444 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013/ DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE 40S TO 50S AS FAR SOUTH AS OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S AHEAD OF A STALLED FRONT. THIS FRONT IS PRODUCING SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH STRONGER STORMS NOTED IN THE GULF SOUTH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. CLOUDS AND RAINS TODAY WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. RAINS WILL GENERALLY PRODUCE AROUND 1/2 INCH OF RAINFALL WITH SOME LOCATIONS GETTING A BIT MORE. THE STALLED FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES RIPPLE ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL LOOSE IT'S IDENTITY BY LATE TUESDAY WITH STORMS TAPERING OFF A BIT OFF ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CREEP BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S IN SOME LOCATIONS. BUT THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE FIRST TRUE COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT ENDING WITH THE WIND SHIFT. LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE LAKES REGION IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE EXPECTED INTO THE 50S BY SUNDAY MORNING. OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS WITH SOME DISORGANIZED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE THE TROPIC'S REMAIN QUIET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 84 72 87 71 87 / 60 30 40 30 40 KBPT 84 73 86 72 86 / 60 30 40 20 40 KAEX 85 69 87 69 88 / 60 30 30 20 40 KLFT 84 71 87 69 87 / 60 30 50 30 40 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 406 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-010915- 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-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE- ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 406 AM CDT MON SEP 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP TODAY AS A STATIONARY FRONT TO OUR NORTHWEST BLOCKS MOISTURE FROM LIFTING OUTSIDE OF THIS REGION. IN ADDITION... THERE IS NOT ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT TO PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDWEEK BEFORE TAPERING OFF A BIT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE TOWARDS THE WEEKEND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:47 UTC.
2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from slow moving thunderstorms caused street flooding around Newton forcing Law Enforcement to close some roads in and around the city.
Heavy rain from Magnolia Springs to Mountian Union produced minor flooding of roadways.
Heavy rain around the Spurger area produced minor flooding of roadways. The radar estimated 2 to 9 inches of rain in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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