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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 11, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Sep 12, 2008, 8:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2008, 8:35 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2008, 9:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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 Mermentau River at Mermentau (MRML1). The gauge peaked at 5.27 ft at Sep 16, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT.
- 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 for site 08012150, 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 11, 5:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 5:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 533 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-121045- 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- 533 AM CDT THU SEP 11 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 WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE IKE BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS WILL ALSO BEGIN INCREASING SOUTH- CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LATEST NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST TRACK FOR HURRICANE IKE TAKES THE SYSTEM WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST NEAR FREEPORT EARLY SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND ALL OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF THE GULF WATERS. ANY DEVIATION TO THE EAST IN THE TRACK OF IKE COULD RESULT IN HURRICANE CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLY FAR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. PLEASE REFER TO ADVISORIES ON IKE FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 10:46 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 19 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Hurricane Warning | LCH | 47 hr | |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Hurricane Warning | LCH | 47 hr | |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 52 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 7 days |
| Sep 11, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 46 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:06 PM CDT | Inland Hurricane Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 41 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Inland Hurricane Watch | LCH | Hardin | 5 hr |
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.