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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2009, 8:24 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 24, 2009, 10:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2009, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2009, 10:18 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2009, 10:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Allen Parish, LA
The river
Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 14.45 ft at Apr 25, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013500, 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 24, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:04 AM CDT, 16 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 404 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-250915- 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- 404 AM CDT FRI APR 24 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 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS AS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES LIKELY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:53 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Apr 25, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 3 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.