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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 26, 2009Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 26, 2009, 9:48 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2009, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 8, 2009, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

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

The radar

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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.

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 26, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 5:48 AM CDT, 4 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
548 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-271100-
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-
548 AM CDT THU MAR 26 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 STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA AND AN APPROACHING UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
REACH SEVERE LIMITS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER
EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THESE INCLUDE THE
PARISHES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS...ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...
VERMILLION...IBERIA...ST. MARY...AND ST. MARTIN.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A FINAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. BEHIND THE
FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS TO THE OFFSHORE WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. FROM
SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND
AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 7:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 8:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 9:48 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
948 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E BORDELONVILLE       31.11N 91.87W
03/25/2009                   AVOYELLES          LA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE CHIEF REPORTS TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF TOWN.

&&

MOGGED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	38 min
Mar 25, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	48 min
Mar 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	25 min
Mar 25, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	49 min
Mar 25, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	31 min
Mar 25, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		24 min
Mar 25, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		35 min
Mar 25, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	48 min
Mar 25, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	43 min
Mar 25, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		45 min
Mar 25, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Martin and 1 more	47 min
Mar 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	30 min
Mar 26, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	59 min
Mar 26, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min
Mar 26, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	62 min
Mar 26, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		44 min
Mar 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	35 min
Mar 26, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	61 min
Mar 26, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Mar 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	61 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	63 min
Mar 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry	42 min
Mar 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	50 min
Mar 26, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	44 min
Mar 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		63 min
Mar 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	64 min
Mar 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	63 min
Mar 25, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	38 min
Mar 25, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	31 min
Mar 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	39 min
Mar 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	3 hr
Mar 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every 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.