Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2008

River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 19, 2008Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 19, 2008, 10:25 AM CST for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2008, 4:47 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2008, 10:25 AM CST (16:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2008, 4:47 AM CST
Expired
Jan 19, 2008, 8:42 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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 Pine Island Bayou near Sour Lake (SOLT2). The gauge peaked at 22.74 ft at Jan 19, 2008, 11:00 PM CST.

actionminormoderate20253001/1901/2001/21
Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 4:33 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryLCHSaint Martin11 hr
Jan 19, 5:21 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Jan 19, 10:31 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.