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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 4, 2009Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2009, 10:20 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 5, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2009, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 8, 2009, 9:33 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 4, 7:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 4:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
404 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-050915-
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 MON MAY 4 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...TONIGHT
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP TODAY AHEAD OF A COOL
FRONT THAT WILL STALL ALONG THE COAST. THIS LATEST FRONT WILL
RETREAT BACK TO THE NORTH ON TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 6:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
637 AM CDT MON MAY 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CATAHOULA               30.21N 91.71W
05/04/2009                   ST. MARTIN         LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KATC-TV IS REPORTING SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED AND ONE INJURY
            POSSIBLE NEAR CATAHOULA.

&&

MGRIFFIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	14 days
May 3, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	69 hr
May 4, 4:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	6 hr
May 4, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin	61 min
May 4, 11:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Saint Martin	114 min
May 3, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	37 hr
May 3, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	37 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.