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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 15, 2008Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2008, 6:53 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2008, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2008, 3:27 AM CDT
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 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 10.86 ft at May 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.

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 May 15, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 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
May 15, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min
May 15, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
May 15, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
May 15, 4:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	39 min
May 15, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	45 min
May 15, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	64 min
May 15, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	47 min
May 15, 4:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	31 min
May 15, 5:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Vermilion	19 min
May 15, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	47 min
May 15, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
May 15, 6:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	32 min
May 15, 6:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vermilion	30 min
May 15, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	76 min
May 15, 6:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	27 min
May 15, 6:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vermilion	21 min
May 15, 6:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		87 min
May 15, 7:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more	3 hr
May 15, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	3 hr
May 15, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	16 min
May 15, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	39 min
May 15, 2:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	24 min
May 15, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	44 min
May 15, 3:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	15 min
May 15, 3:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.