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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 26, 2008Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 26, 2008, 9:15 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 27, 2008, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2008, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 12:46 PM CST
In force: 10 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 12.66 ft at Feb 1, 2008, 3:00 PM CST.

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 Jan 26, 3:51 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:51 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 4:00 AM CST, 5 hours 15 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
Jan 26, 9:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	47 hr
Jan 25, 10:16 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	4 days

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.