Heavy rain fell across portions of Vermilion Parish.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Heavy rain fell across portions of Vermilion Parish.
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 12, 12:04 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 104 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 .AVIATION...THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY HUNG UP OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. DECIDED TO TREND SLOWER ON THIS FRONT FROM PREVIOUS MODELS WHICH APPEAR A BIT AGRESSIVE ON THE MOVEMENT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH AEX THIS EVENING, BPT LATE TNITE, LCH AROUND DAYBREAK, LFT BY MID- MORNING AND FINALLY ARA SHORTLY AROUND THIS TIME SATURDAY. SEABREEZE TYPE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TEMPO MVFR THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS SOUTH OF I-10. AEX CAN LOOK FOR PREFRONTAL TSTMS WITH TEMPO MVFR THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FRON THE NORTHEAST IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH MVFR CIGS BPT, LCH, LFT, AND ARA. SWEENEY && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1218 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ DISCUSSION... MORNING KLCH RAOB REVEALED A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER OF 2.27 INCHES...WHICH IS NEARING PLUS TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS. CDFNT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...RUNNING ROUGHLY FROM A LUFKIN TEXAS TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI LINE. PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS WILL BE MADE TODAY...BUT MORE MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH THE BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE I-10 CORRIDOR AT MIDNIGHT...AND OFF THE COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING. FOR THE REST OF TODAY...ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE INHERITED FORECAST...PRIMARILY TO BUMP UP POPS A BIT AS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE WARM AND UNSTABLE PRE-FRONTAL AIRMASS. HIGHS AROUND 90 STILL LOOK ON TARGET. 13 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 440 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ DISCUSSION... 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. AVIATION... RADAR SHOWING ISO/SCT SHRA OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND SPREADING INLAND ACROSS SE TX/SW LA REACHING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. FURTHER N...THE COOL FRONT EXPECTED TO SAG FURTHER S TODAY. TOGETHER WITH THE INCREASING GULF MOISTURE...WILL YIELD BETTER CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR ALL TERMINALS. THUS...VCSH THIS MORNING REPLACED BY VCTS BY 16Z...WITH TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA & MVFR VSBY/CEILING BETWEEN 18-22Z FOR AEX...AND 20-24Z FOR BPT/LCH/LFT/ARA. PRECIP CHANCES DIMINISH A BIT LATER THIS EVENING...BUT LEFT VCSH FOR ALL TERMINALS THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. DML PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW RIDGING OVER THE SERN CONUS WHILE A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ARE NOTED ROUNDING THE LONGWAVE TROF STRETCHING FROM THE NRN PLAINS TO THE ROCKIES. CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE TN VALLEY THROUGH THE MS DELTA TO THE ARKLATEX...WITH REGIONAL 88DS SHOWING PLENTY OF CONVECTION PRIMARILY BEHIND IT. CLOSER TO HOME LOCAL 88DS SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH A FEW DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL MARSHES OF SWRN LA/SERN TX. NOT MANY CHANGES TO THE INHERITED GRIDS/ZONES THIS MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO POOL OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS PROGGED TO SLINK SWD TO THE I-10 CORRIDOR BY THIS EVENING. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AS IT PUSHES TO THE COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING LATER SATURDAY AS DRIER AIR IS PROGGED TO BEGIN FILTERING OVER THE REGION...ALTHOUGH ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS EACH DAY. POPS THEN INCREASE AGAIN SLIGHTLY BY MID-WEEK WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT SHORTWAVE ALOFT AND THE APPROACH OF YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT. MARINE... NO FLAGS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ATTM. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 90 74 86 71 88 / 70 50 40 30 20 KBPT 91 75 86 72 88 / 70 50 50 30 20 KAEX 90 70 83 68 87 / 70 50 30 20 20 KLFT 90 74 87 71 89 / 70 50 50 20 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSLAKECHARLES WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSLAKECHARLES WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSLAKECHARLES &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 553 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-131100- 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- 553 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 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 A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTH THIS MORNING...FINALLY CROSSING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WHILE ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN COVERAGE ON SATURDAY...RETURNING TO A MORE WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE FOR SUNDAY. HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES WILL AGAIN INCREASE DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE NEW WEEK AS A STRONG DISTURBANCE ALOFT AND REINFORCING COOL FRONT AT THE SURFACE CROSS THE REGION. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
123 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
LAZ045-053>055-121900-
UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-LOWER ST. MARTIN LA-IBERIA LA-ST. MARY LA-
123 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. MARY...IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN
PARISHES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL IBERIA PARISH...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED PARISHES.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
LAT...LON 2989 9140 3005 9164 3018 9147 3014 9146
3011 9147 3011 9139 3009 9137 3006 9136
3006 9130 2996 9125
SWEENEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 133 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 LAZ041-TXZ216-261-262-121900- CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX- 133 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU PARISH...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON...ORANGE AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF GIST...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...BUNA... WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT AND DEVILS POCKET. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. LAT...LON 3046 9408 3051 9373 3025 9377 3020 9399 SWEENEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 205 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 LAZ043-044-052-121930- LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-VERMILION LA- 205 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...ACADIA AND VERMILION PARISHES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF MEAUX...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...MEAUX... MILTON...MAURICE...INDIAN BAYOU AND RIDGE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. LAT...LON 3015 9235 3023 9211 2996 9201 2990 9221 SWEENEY
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain fell around Abbeville with a quick 3 to 5 inches producing flooding. Water was reported to be around knee deep along sections of Highway 14 in the western side of town.
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