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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 11, 2009Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2009, 9:17 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 16, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2009, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2009, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Alexandria (AEXL1).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 11, 6:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
426 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-120930-
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-
426 AM CDT MON MAY 11 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
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACTIVITY NORTH OF INTERSTATE
10. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LOW THROUGH FRIDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED
AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MAINLY ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	67 min
May 11, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	54 min

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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.