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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 17, 2007, 8:22 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 17, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2007, 8:22 AM CDT (13:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 7:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at Saltwater Barrier (LCHL1).
- Action stage
- 4 ft
- Minor stage
- 4 ft
- Moderate stage
- 6 ft
- Major stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Oct 17, 4:22 AM CDT, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 4:22 AM CDT, 4 hours before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 554 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-181100- 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 EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD- ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 554 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE RISK AREA IS MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM VILLAGE MILLS TEXAS TO OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA. LARGE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE RISK AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 4:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 49 hr |
| Oct 17, 12:32 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 5 hr |
| Oct 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LCH | 17 hr | |
| Oct 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Saint Martin | 17 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 23 min |
| Oct 17, 10:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 36 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.