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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 4, 2008Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2008, 9:29 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 5, 2008, 10:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2008, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 5, 2008, 10:20 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2008, 9:44 AM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 12.67 ft at Apr 7, 2008, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, 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 Apr 4, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:59 AM CDT, 15 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
559 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-051100-
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-
559 AM CDT FRI APR 4 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 COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

THE MAIN RISK FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. ALSO...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MAINLY FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME SPOTTERS MAY BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAY
IF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER CAN FORM.

RUA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry27 min
Apr 4, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
Apr 4, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Apr 4, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis40 min
Apr 5, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Apr 5, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary40 min
Apr 5, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.