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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 31, 2008Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2008, 8:11 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2008, 1:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2008, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2008, 1:40 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2008, 8:06 PM CDT
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Bon Wier (BWRT2). The gauge peaked at 33.75 ft at Apr 9, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028500, 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 Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:21 AM CDT, 14 hours 50 minutes before

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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
Apr 1, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	66 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2008 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.