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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 17, 2009Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2009, 9:37 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 18, 2009, 10:06 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2009, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2009, 10:06 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 27, 2009, 8:17 PM CDT
In force: 9 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).

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 Apr 17, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:10 AM CDT, 16 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
510 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-181100-
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-
510 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS
AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

OTHERWISE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL
WATERS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL COUNTIES AND PARISHES
BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND VERMILION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

BASIN-AVERAGED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE RUNNING FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES
...WITH SPOT RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ALSO...SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

RAINS WILL BE ENDING ON SUNDAY WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 5:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 7:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 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
Apr 17, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Apr 17, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Apr 18, 5:51 AM CDT	Marine Weather Statement	LCH		4 hr
Apr 18, 7:41 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH		2 hr
Apr 18, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	59 hr
Apr 18, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	5 days
Apr 18, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	7 days
Apr 18, 10:11 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	6 hr
Apr 18, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	4 days
Apr 18, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	14 days
Apr 18, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		117 min
Apr 18, 4:38 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH		3 hr
Apr 18, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon	4 hr
Apr 18, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		117 min
Apr 18, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	34 hr
Apr 18, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	18 days
Apr 18, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	3 hr
Apr 18, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	29 min
Apr 18, 3:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	4 hr
Apr 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	63 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.