Heavy rain from the 9th and 10th pushed the Neches River into flood. Flooding closed many roads and flooded some homes.
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Heavy rain from the 9th and 10th pushed the Neches River into flood. Flooding closed many roads and flooded some homes.
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 Mar 10, 6:54 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
654 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
.DISCUSSION...
FOR THE 00Z TAF PACKAGE.
&&
.AVIATION...
LOW CIGS/VSBYS EXPECTED TONIGHT AMID A STILL VERY MOIST
ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN AND LIGHT WINDS. IFR IS EXPECTED. MODEL DATA
SUGGESTING ANOTHER BURST OF SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY DEVELOPING
OVER THE GULF WATERS AND SPREADING NORTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HRS...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LA. SOME EVIDENCE IN
RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGERY THAT THIS PROCESS MAY ALREADY BE UNDERWAY.
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS...BUT FOR NOW PREVAILED VCTS WITH
PROB THUNDER GROUPS AT ALL BUT KBPT.
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&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 455 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016/
SYNOPSIS...
BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN AND TSTMS HAS NOW MOVED MOSTLY EAST OF THE
AREA...WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THE ACTIVITY NOW CROSSING THE
ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. THE DEEP AND POTENT UPR LOW THAT HAS BROUGHT THE
SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO PARTS OF THE REGION CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER OLD
MEXICO...MORE OR LESS IN THE SAME AREA AS THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE
MOVEMENT TO THE NE. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE IS SHIFTING FURTHER
EAST...BUT ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FM THE SRN GULF OF MEXICO IS
BEGINNING TO FILL IN A NARROW WEDGE OF DRY AIR ON ITS BACKSIDE.
SFC FEATURES REMAIN NEARLY UNCHANGED SINCE THIS MORNING
WITH LOW PRES NEAR THE MIDDLE TX COAST...AND A WEAK FRONT
EXTENDING NE TOWARD SABINE LAKE...JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES
AND NE TOWARD VILLE PLATTE AND SIMMESPORT. SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY...WINDS WERE SLY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S WHILE
NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WINDS ARE NELY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE
AND UPR 60S.
DISCUSSION...
THE UPR LOW WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH ACRS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...GRADUALLY OPENING AND LIFTING FURTHER NE OVER
THE AREA ON SATURDAY BEFORE FINALLY EXITING THE AREA ON SUNDAY.
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF WILL FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE SUNDAY NIGHT AS ZONAL
FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED ALOFT. MEANWHILE...THE SFC LOW WILL
MIGRATE NW...WITH THE FRONT EXPECTED TO BEGIN LIFTING BACK N
ALLOWING WARM AIR TO RETURN BACK ACRS THE AREA.
RAINFALL TODAY HAS BEEN A LITTLE LESS THAN EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
ACRS WRN LA AND SE TX WHERE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED
THANKS TO DRIER AIR ALOFT. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW SOME MORE
CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACRS SRN TX AND NEAR THE S TX COAST...LIFTING
NORTH. IF THIS ACTIVITY HOLDS TOGETHER...THIS COULD BE THE NEXT
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ENTERING OUR AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE QUITE AS PERSISTENT NOR AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS THE LAST FEW
DAYS...THERE IS STILL A RISK FOR TRAINING BANDS OF RAIN WHICH
COULD ADD TO EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS OR PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
TIME BEING. OVERALL...FCST CONFIDENCE IS NOT VERY HIGH REGARDING
QPF OR POPS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RAIN CHCS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FCST THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN
GRADUALLY TAPER DOWN BY SATURDAY EVENING AS THE UPR LOW LIFTS NE.
THE AFOREMENTIONED SECONDARY SHORTWAVE FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE WILL
BRING A SMALL CHC FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS ALONG OUR EXTREME NRN
BORDER...BUT WITH ZONAL FLOW FINALLY RETURNING...THIS SYSTEM WILL
BE QUICK TO MOVE EAST SO RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT.
DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS
INTO THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. RAIN CHCS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT MOVES SE INTO THE AREA.
MARINE...
SLY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH TONIGHT.
A GENERALLY LT TO MDT ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OCNL SHOWERS OR TSTMS WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER RETURNING BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX 67 75 63 74 / 90 100 50 50
LCH 67 75 62 75 / 90 80 30 40
LFT 68 75 64 75 / 90 100 50 60
BPT 65 75 62 75 / 70 60 20 40
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LAZ027>033-
041>045-052>055-073-074.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR LAZ052>055.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ180-201-215-
216-259>262.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR GMZ455-475.
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY FOR GMZ455-475.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 500 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 111200- 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- 500 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TO THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WITH ONGOING FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RECORD POOL LEVELS AT TOLEDO BEND WILL CONTINUE...WITH MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE SABINE RIVER LIKELY. FLOODING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SUBSIDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MEANDERS OVER TEXAS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES FINALLY DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. A WEAKER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MIGHT BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS SUNDAY ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...BUT MUCH IMPROVED WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-111200- 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- 500 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND ELEVATED WINDS AGAIN TODAY. THE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO MOVES NORTH ACROSS EAST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS THE SLOW MOVING SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW MEANDERS OVER TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY NIGHT...LEAVING FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from the 9th and 10th pushed the Neches River into flood. Several structures were flooded along the river between Silsbee and Evadale.
Heavy rain during the 9th and 10th pushed the Neches River into flood. around 10 structures downstream of Steinhagen Lake flooded.
Heavy rain during the 9th and 10th caused the Neches River to flood portions of Southwest Jasper County. Around 25 structures were flooded during the event.
The flood wave from the heavy rain event during the 9th and 10th moved across western sections of Orange County flooding around 10 homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2016
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: 625757, 625788, 625791, 625792.