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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 19, 2009Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2009, 8:49 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 81 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2009, 8:49 AM CDT (13:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 24, 2009, 8:21 PM CDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2).

Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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