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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 19, 2008Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 19, 2008, 10:31 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2008, 10:31 AM CST (16:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2008, 8:42 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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 Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 10.26 ft at Jan 19, 2008, 12:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, 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, 10:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.