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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2008Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2008, 4:48 PM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 25, 2008, 5:52 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2008, 4:48 PM CST (22:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2008, 5:52 PM CST
Expired: Jan 26, 2008, 2:49 AM CST
In force: 9 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 22:51 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 9.36 ft at Jan 25, 2008, 11:00 PM CST.

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.

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 Jan 25, 3:53 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:53 PM CST, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 5:02 AM CST, 11 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
502 AM CST FRI JAN 25 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-261145-
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-
502 AM CST FRI JAN 25 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
COLD AND RAINY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON
TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BOTH SYSTEMS. HOWEVER...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

RUA

Nearby

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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.