An inverted trough slowly moved across the coast of Louisiana and into southeast Texas. Numerous showers and storms resulted causing isolated flooding.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
An inverted trough slowly moved across the coast of Louisiana and into southeast Texas. Numerous showers and storms resulted causing isolated flooding.
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 Jun 16, 3:21 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 421 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE... .KEY MESSAGES... - A Marginal risk of excessive rainfall has been outlined across across the forecast area through tonight - Minor river flooding is expected to persist over the next few days across portions of Sabine and Neches - Moderate rainfall chances decrease slightly into the midweek ahead, but daily scattered thundershowers remain possible through Friday && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Wednesday night) Issued at 309 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 We start off with an upper level trough centered over the Mississippi Delta this morning. This feature, in part, has been the cause of the unsettled wet pattern that has been observed over the last several days. Meanwhile a shallow shortwave trough is deepening across the Central and Southern Plains throughout the day. As the trough progresses eastward, the remnant ULL over the Gulf Coast will be absorbed and help strengthen this feature. While the evolution hereafter will create more notable downstream impacts, mainly precipitation, across TN and MS Valleys, we do expect a regeneration of scattered convection during the morning and late afternoon hours. Last night's 00z sounding captured a very soupy atmosphere- measuring a PWAT of 1.98". This value is above the 90th percentile for mid June, locally. Despite some modification in the mid-levels it is forecast that the troposphere will hold on to much of the moisture allowing the opportunity for a Marginal risk of Flash Flooding once more. Again, this forecast stresses the recent rainfalls that hath lowered flash flood guidance- which simply means it takes less rainfall to lead to flooding given our saturated soils. The prognosis going forward Tuesday is a waining slack upper level troughing along the coast to yield less directional shear aloft east of the TX/LA state line. Therefore, much of the favorable lift and moisture rich troposphere shifts east favoring more south central and southeast LA. A weak NW flow across eastern TX will begin to introduce more subsidence and likely temper convection potential along with PoPs. Given less filtered sunshine in the mix, high temperatures will climb back toward the lower 90's again and remain so through the remainder of short term as precipitation takes on a more isolated nature into the long range. Kowalski / 30 && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Monday) Issued at 309 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 Another shallow shortwave trough is progged to move through the midwest on Thursday with some amplification south as it transits across the Great Lakes region. Locally, the forcing dynamics aloft are not particularly impressive. Model guidance, however, is suggestive that a degree moisture convergence will occur across the SETX / SWLA area. Forecast soundings at this time introduce more notable inversions and dry layers, however, pop up or Seabreeze driven activity still remains possible. The long term forecast carries less organized precipitation and naturally offers a slight increase in diurnal highs into the lower 90's areawide for the latter have the week into this weekend. For now, impacts of precipitation carry far more uncertainty- beyond garden variety isolated pop up thundershowers. Strengthening of the Atlantic ridge into the Gulf may increase the pressure gradient along the western Gulf as it abuts stronger thermal troughing over Mexico, potentially leading to a more enhanced onshore flow at the end of the period. Kowalski / 30 && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1239 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 Remnant clouds are hanging over the area from convection earlier this afternoon. Low clouds and patchy fog are expected, especially around AEX. Guidance brings the next round of convection into the area from the west just prior to sunrise. Unsure of this taking place considering the worked over environment. However, there is an outflow boundary now in place across the western part of the region which may be a focus for convection early in the morning hours. Due to this possible scenario, mentions of SHRA were brought in as early as 13Z with an increase in coverage and changeover to TSRA expected through the mid to late mornings. Expect a decrease in activity towards the early evening with convection ending after 00Z. 11/Calhoun && .MARINE... Issued at 309 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 Light to moderate onshore flow will continue for the next several days. Combined seas are between 1 and 3 feet are will be steady for the next several days. The main concern will be local impacts from showers and thunderstorms, primary during the afternoon hours. That said, lingering shower activity may periodically extend during the overnight hours near the 20-60nm offshore zones. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 88 73 91 73 / 80 20 40 0 LCH 88 77 89 77 / 70 10 50 0 LFT 88 75 88 75 / 80 10 70 10 BPT 88 75 89 77 / 80 10 40 0 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...None. TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM....30 AVIATION...11
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:28 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple streets were flooded in Beaumont with one water level gage reported water just under 2 feet over the roadway near downtown.
Lightning struck a storage tank on Proctor Street starting a blaze that also engulfed a nearby tank.
Numerous streets flooded in Beaumont with cars stalled on North 11th and on the I-10 service road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1276455, 1276456, 1276457.