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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 3, 2008Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 8:57 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 8:46 AM CST
In force: 21 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 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 3, 7:04 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 7:04 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 5:20 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
520 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-041200-
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-
520 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

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

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG GUST SOUTHERLY
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE
DAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS
WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST...REMAINING STRONG AND GUSTY. WINDS TO GALE
FORCE ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

DRIER...COOLER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RE-ESTABLISH COOL DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ML

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 7:51 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
751 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-032200-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
751 AM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF
A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO CROWLEY LOUISIANA...AND A SLIGHT RISK
FOR EASTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AN UPPER LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS...DRIVING A COLD FRONT THROUGH EAST
TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR A LINE FROM
EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO HOUSTON TEXAS BY MIDDAY.

INITIALLY...WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL TEND TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY TO THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...HEATING THROUGH
THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS
INHIBITION...WITH MODEST INSTABILITY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA BY
THE AFTERNOON.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DRAWS CLOSER TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...DEEP
LAYER WIND FIELDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS EXHIBITING CONSIDERABLE
SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR.

STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT
AS IT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN TEXAS LATE MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON. ALL SEVERE MODES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
ACTIVITY...THOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS.

AS THE FRONT CONTINUES EAST OF THE SABINE RIVER EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON AND ENTERS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ALONG
THE BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION...DISCRETE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY. THE TORNADO THREAT
WILL BE GREATEST WITH THESE DISCRETE CELLS...WHICH WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT OR LONG LIVED TORNADOES.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 4:16 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	20 hr
Mar 3, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	54 min
Mar 3, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon	50 min
Mar 3, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	21 min
Mar 3, 5:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	34 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.