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May
22, 2008
Flash Flooding & Severe Weather |
Just one week after widespread severe weather and flood
event struck the region, another signficant severe weather event impacted
Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.
An upper level disturbance moving across the area sparked
several strong to severe thunderstorms during the morning and afternoon hours
across Southeast Texas and Central Louisiana. Several Severe
Thunderstorm Warnings were issued, with numerous reports of large hail and
wind damage received from these storms. This activity moved quickly
northeastward, and spread into South-Central Louisiana. However,
thunderstorms began continually redeveloping, or training, over Lafayette and St. Martin
parishes during the afternoon hours, prompting the issuance of Flash Flood
Warnings. Within just a couple of hours, up to 9 inches of rain had
fallen across eastern Lafayette Parish and the northwestern half of St. Martin
Parish, causing widespread flooding. Although the heavy rainfall subsided
during the evening, the extensive flooding prompted the Flash Flood Warning
to be extended for several more hours.
By evening, the low level jet began increasing across the
area, with showers and thunderstorms redeveloping over much of central and
southern Louisiana. Thunderstorms began training over portions of
southeastern Evangeline Parish and St. Landry Parish, with another Flash Flood
Warning issued for that region, and several reports of water over highways
underwater received.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING (#1)
for Lafayette & Breaux Bridge areas |
BULLETIN - EAS
ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
501 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES KROTZ SPRINGS...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES LAFAYETTE...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES BREAUX BRIDGE...HENDERSON...CECILIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM
LAFAYETTE TO HENDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
UP
TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. |
FLASH FLOOD WARNING (#2)
for Lafayette & Breaux Bridge areas |
BULLETIN - EAS
ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
753 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES KROTZ SPRINGS...
EASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES LAFAYETTE...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES BREAUX BRIDGE...CECILIA...HENDERSON...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 752 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE REGION...AND ARE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF
FLOODED HOMES AND STREETS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO
ONE
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. |
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
for Chataignier & Opelousas areas |
BULLETIN - EAS
ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
858 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES CHATAIGNIER...
CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...PORT BARRE...WASHINGTON...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM EUNICE TO
KROTZ SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO
3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. |
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REPORTS VALID FROM 7 AM CDT 5/22/08 TO 7 AM CDT 5/23/08 |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
748 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY
LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY
LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1054 AM TSTM WND GST 18 SSE
SABINE PASS 29.50N 93.78W
05/22/2008 E50.00 MPH GMZ450
LA PUBLIC
OFFSHORE RIG
SABINE PASS 10 REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO
50 MPH.
1209 PM HAIL
4 W JOHNSON BAYOU 29.78N 93.73W
05/22/2008 E0.75 INCH CAMERON
LA PUBLIC
1209 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W JOHNSON
BAYOU 29.78N 93.73W
05/22/2008
CAMERON LA
PUBLIC
SEVERAL TREES
BLOWN DOWN
1252 PM HAIL
JASPER
30.92N 94.00W
05/22/2008 E0.75 INCH JASPER
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED
HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE. OCCURRED IN
THE CITY OF
JASPER, IN THE HOLMWOOD AREA.
0100 PM HAIL
GROVES
29.95N 93.92W
05/22/2008 M0.88 INCH JEFFERSON
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZED
HAIL REPORTED IN GROVES BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0106 PM HAIL
ORANGE
30.10N 93.76W
05/22/2008 E0.75 INCH ORANGE
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED
HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN THE
ORANGE AREA.
0151 PM HAIL
4 NNW ROSEPINE 30.98N
93.30W
05/22/2008 E0.75 INCH VERNON
LA PUBLIC
0208 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW CALL
30.66N 93.90W
05/22/2008
JASPER
TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DAMAGE
AROUND KIRBYVILLE WITH POWER OUTAGES.
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD
HENDERSON
30.31N 91.80W
05/22/2008
ST. MARTIN LA LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 10 REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OF
FIELDS, PARKING LOTS, AND ROADS IN HENDERSON.
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD
LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/22/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
BROADCAST MEDIA
HOMES FLOODED
ON PINHOOK ROAD. RELAYED BY KATC IN
LAFAYETTE.
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD
LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/22/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
BROADCAST MEDIA
HOMES
FLOODING IN OAKBORNE SUBDIVISION BY THE LAFAYETTE
AIRPORT.
HOUSE FLOODED AT SOUTH ORANGE AND 10TH STREET.
NUMEROUS
OTHER STREETS FLOODED. RELAYED BY KATC IN
LAFAYETTE.
0620 PM FLASH FLOOD
CECILIA
30.34N 91.85W
05/22/2008
ST. MARTIN LA
BROADCAST MEDIA
CECILIA HIGH
SCHOOL FLOODED. RELAYED BY KATC IN
LAFAYETTE.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD
LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/22/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF CARS STALLED IN HIGH WATER ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF
OF LAFAYETTE.
0647 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E
LAFAYETTE 30.22N
91.99W
05/22/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
OTHER FEDERAL
THE RIVER
GAUGE ON THE VERMILION RIVER AT SURREY STREET
ROSE FROM 8.5
FEET TO NEAR 12.4 FEET OR 2 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE
IN 3 HOURS.
0700 PM FLASH FLOOD
LAFAYETTE
30.22N 92.03W
05/22/2008
LAFAYETTE LA
TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED
SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ON EVANGELINE THRUWAY
SOUTHBOUND AT
MUDD STREET AND NORTHBOUND FROM 11TH STREET
TO MUDD
STREET.
0930 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N
CHATAIGNIER 30.60N 92.32W
05/22/2008
EVANGELINE LA LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING
REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 29 BETWEEN CHATAIGNIER AND
VILLE PLATTE.
0955 PM FLASH FLOOD
LAWTELL
30.52N 92.18W
05/22/2008
ST. LANDRY LA LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING
REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 190 NEAR LAWTELL.
0955 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W
ARNAUDVILLE 30.42N 91.95W
05/22/2008
ST. LANDRY LA LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING
REPORTED ON LA 93 JUST WEST OF ARNAUDVILLE.
0955 PM FLASH FLOOD
OPELOUSAS
30.52N 92.08W
05/22/2008
ST. LANDRY LA LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING
REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 182 NORTH OF OPELOUSAS AS
WELL AS ON
HIGHWAY 190.
1105 PM FLOOD
BREAUX BRIDGE 30.28N
91.90W
05/22/2008
ST. MARTIN LA LAW
ENFORCEMENT
HOMES FLOODED
IN BREAUX BRIDGE. HIGHWAY 347 CLOSED NEAR
BREAUX BRIDGE
DUE TO FLOODING. NUMEROUS OTHER HIGHWAYS
CLOSED
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH DUE TO FLOODING.
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