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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 21, 2009Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2009, 9:21 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2009, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2009, 9:16 PM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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 Village Creek near Kountze (KOUT2). The gauge peaked at 17.06 ft at Apr 22, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041500, 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
Apr 21, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.