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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 9, 2008Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Sep 11, 2008, 9:47 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 11, 2008, 9:47 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 23, 2008, 9:42 PM CDT
In force
12 days
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 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at Saltwater Barrier (LCHL1).

Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu17 days
Sep 9, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion22 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2008Every 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.