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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 25, 2009Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2009, 10:01 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 27, 2009, 5:10 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2009, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 27, 2009, 5:10 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2009, 8:29 PM CDT
In force: 10 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). The gauge peaked at 14.69 ft at Mar 31, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT.

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 Mar 25, 9:59 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 9:59 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 5:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
519 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-261030-
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-
519 AM CDT WED MAR 25 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
A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS TODAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY OVERRIDES
THE AREA. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ALONG WITH STRONG
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FEW SUPERCELLULAR
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIMITING FACTOR IS THE WIDESPREAD CLOUD
COVER WHICH COULD INHIBIT LOW LEVEL WARMING AND INSTABILITY. BEST
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS TYLER...NORTHERN
JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES AS WELL AS VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES
AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BEAUREGARD...ALLEN AND EVANGELINE
PARISHES. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
OF FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM TRAINING STORMS. WITH DEEP
MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINS WITH RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. IF SEVERAL
STORMS TRAIN ACROSS ANY AREA...THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS AND URBAN AREAS. THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TO OAKDALE TO MARKSVILLE.

.DAYS TWO AND THREE...THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE AREA WILL BE
UNDER A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH
FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS ALOFT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. CONVECTION WILL EVOLVE TOWARD A SQUALL LINE AS THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WITH STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS
THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
COOLER DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE
POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.