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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 21, 2008Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2008, 8:24 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2008, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 23, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2).

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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 21, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 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 22, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		32 min
May 22, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	23 min
May 22, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	42 min
May 22, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	31 min
May 22, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	35 min
May 22, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	3 hr
May 22, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin	38 min
May 22, 5:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	15 hr
May 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin	20 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	17 min
May 22, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	63 min
May 22, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	24 min
May 22, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.