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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 7, 2009Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2009, 10:04 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2009, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2009, 9:33 PM CDT
In force
35 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 15:02 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).

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.

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.