The remnants of Hurricane Patricia from the Pacific Ocean combined with a cold front over the region to produce a baroclinic low over South Texas that moved into South Central Louisiana. Strong south winds drove up the water levels along the gulf while heavy rain fell inland as the low moved across the region.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
The remnants of Hurricane Patricia from the Pacific Ocean combined with a cold front over the region to produce a baroclinic low over South Texas that moved into South Central Louisiana. Strong south winds drove up the water levels along the gulf while heavy rain fell inland as the low moved across the region.
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 Oct 25, 5:56 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 504 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2015 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 261015- 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- 504 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAINFALL AMOUTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED, GUSTY WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE RIGHT ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TODAY. TIDES WILL RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-261015- 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- 504 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. ...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP OVER GALE FORCE. SEAS WILL BE RUNNING FROM 6 TO 12 FEET. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TODAY. TIDES WILL RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
1 coastal flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A resident of Sabine Pass reported water going over the roads around Sabine Pass at the time of high tide including Highway 87 from the Intracoastal Waterway to the town. The surrounding coastal marsh was also flooded.
Heavy rain produced flooding near and north of Trout Creek. The Newton County 911 Call Center reported water over Highway 82.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 601625, 605216.