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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 1, 20084 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 1, 2008, 9:20 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Sep 6, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 1, 2008, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 6, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 5, 2008, 8:03 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Nezpique at Basile (BSLL1). The gauge peaked at 20.19 ft at Sep 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08012000, 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 Sep 1, 5:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 5:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
539 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-021045-
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-
539 AM CDT MON SEP 1 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

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 5 PM. THESE WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO GALE FORCE GUSTS LATE TONIGHT OVER THE
ENTIRE AREA. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE INNER RAIN BANDS ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF
THE CENTER PATH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

GUSTS GREATER THAN 34 KNOTS OR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LAKES
AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO
12 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN TOTALS UP
TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A STALLING CIRCULATION CENTER AROUND
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ARKANSAS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
CANNOT RULE OUT THIS SYSTEM STALLING CLOSER TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THE INNER RAIN BANDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY AROUND CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

SWEENEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 8:30 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 1, 9:11 AM CDT, 9 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
Sep 1, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	5 days
Sep 1, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	48 hr
Sep 1, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	8 days
Sep 1, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	10 hr
Sep 1, 3:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	3 hr
Sep 1, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	3 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.