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THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAINFALL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE
CHARLES LA
455 AM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST...SOUTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THIS MORNING...SPREADING INTO LOUISIANA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THESE STORMS
WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...SOME
POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS LINE WILL SPREAD INTO
LOUISIANA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT.
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
WIDESPREAD TWO INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH
LOCALLY 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST
LATE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY AS ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SATURDAY WITH A HARD FREEZE FORECAST
SUNDAY MORNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER / FLASH FLOODING THREAT.
THE NEXT STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 PM TODAY.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE LAKE CHARLES HOME PAGE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH.
DARBY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
458
AM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...THIS INCLUDES TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON...HARDIN...JEFFERSON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS
MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THIS EVENING...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...SOME
POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
WIDESPREAD TWO INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH
LOCALLY 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST
LATE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY AS ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SATURDAY WITH A HARD FREEZE FORECAST
SUNDAY MORNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER / FLASH FLOODING THREAT.
THE NEXT STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 300 PM TODAY.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE LAKE CHARLES HOME PAGE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH.
DARBY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
223
PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST...SOUTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE....
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL
LOUISIANA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT
AND ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SATURDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR EAST
OF THE EASTWARD MOVING FRONT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO LATE EVENING AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT AND PRIOR TO DAWN
SATURDAY.
IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS IN SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION AND WARNING
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST
TEXAS ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW AREAS AND RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER / HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.
THE NEXT STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 900 PM TODAY.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE LAKE CHARLES HOME PAGE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
455 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ...SOUTHCENTRAL
AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM CST...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL
LOUISIANA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT
AND ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SATURDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE... WITH LOCALLY STRONG WINDS...HEAVY
RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL OCCUR IN ADVANCE OF THE STRONG
COLD FRONT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS
EVENING AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE
LATE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT AND PRIOR TO DAWN SATURDAY.
IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM SPOTTERS... EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS IN SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION AND WARNING
THIS EVENING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST
TEXAS ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND RAPID RISES ON
SMALL STREAMS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER / HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT.
THE NEXT STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1100 PM TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE LAKE CHARLES HOME PAGE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
737 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...
THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...JASPER...NEWTON...TYLER... JEFFERSON AND ORANGE... AND
IN LOUISIANA...FOR VERNON...RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN... CALCASIEU AND
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST
AREA...RESULTING IN THE CANCELLATION OF THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM WEST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME
STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW BECOMING SEVERE.
WALLY
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1108 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
UNTIL 1210 AM CST
AT 1107 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOUNTZE OR 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
BATSON BY 1110 PM CST
SARATOGA BY 1120 PM CST
KOUNTZE BY 1140 PM CST
THIS STORM HAS A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1144 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
UNTIL 1245 AM CST
AT 1143 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAUMONT OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NOME
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
NOME BY 1157 PM CST
CHINA BY MIDNIGHT CST
FANNET BY MIDNIGHT CST
NORTHERN BEAUMONT BY 1220 AM CST
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1213
AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999
...TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY TIL 1245 PM...
AT 1209 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...JUST NORTHEAST OF NOME...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN THE
CITY OF NOME.
AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HIGH ISLAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
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