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 ...SOUTH CENTRAL 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 317 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH...TYLER...JASPER... NEWTON...HARDIN...ORANGE AND JEFFERSON. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA INTO LOUISIANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 658 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------