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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 10, 2008Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 10, 2008, 12:41 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 2:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2008, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2008, 2:20 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2008, 1:21 PM CDT
In force: 23 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 17:40 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 Apr 10, 10:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 10:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:54 AM CDT, 7 hours 47 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 9, 9:35 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more	21 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.