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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 10, 2008Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2008, 10:19 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 10, 2008, 1:12 PM CST. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 10, 2008, 10:19 AM CST (16:19 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 10, 2008, 1:12 PM CST
Expired: Dec 22, 2008, 6:28 PM CST
In force: 12 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 14.28 ft at Dec 15, 2008, 10:00 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 Dec 10, 5:49 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 5:49 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 6:02 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
602 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-111200-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
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-
602 AM CST WED DEC 10 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
A COLD AND WINDY DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION TODAY IN THE WAKE
OF A COLD FRONT WHICH PASSED ON TUESDAY EVENING. A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PARISHES AND COUNTIES ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. MEANWHILE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING. SOME SNOW OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND TONIGHT FOR ALL
OF THE FORECAST AREA. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SMALL AT
THIS TIME...BUT OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED
FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

ON THE COASTAL WATERS...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE AS WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...WITHIN 20
NAUTICAL MILES...AS WELL AS FOR THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS WITH
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH ON THE WATERS
BEGINNING TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SOME RAIN AND SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAY. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
PAST THE REGION. SMALL RAIN CHANCES ARE THEN EXPECTED BEGINNING
SUNDAY AND LINGERING INTO TUESDAY AS GULF MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE
AREA WHILE WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT PASS PERIODICALLY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 10, 7:30 AM CST, 2 hours 49 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
Dec 10, 5:08 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH		13 hr
Dec 10, 3:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more	17 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.