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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 26, 2009Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2009, 9:29 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 27, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2009, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 31, 2009, 9:14 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at Saltwater Barrier (LCHL1).

Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 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 Oct 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 3:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
352 PM CDT MON OCT 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-
352 PM CDT MON OCT 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. A
CONTINUOUS RAIN WILL RESULT IN MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. RAIN WILL BE
ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL SET-OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO LINES
BY THURSDAY EVENING...AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES SOUTH AND EAST...
EXITING THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES BY FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 26, 4:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
418 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2009

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

0406 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NW LAKE CHARLES       30.25N 93.27W
10/26/2009  M1.52 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            COCORAHS OBSERVER RECEIVED 1.52 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.

&&

BRAZZELL
Local storm report, Oct 26, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
432 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2009

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

0431 PM     HEAVY RAIN       6 S LAKE CHARLES        30.12N 93.22W
10/26/2009  M2.00 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   ASOS

            THE LAKE CHARLES ASOS REPORTED 2.00 INCHES IN 31 MINUTES.

&&

BRAZZELL
Local storm report, Oct 26, 5:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
553 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2009

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

0551 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 SSW LAKE CHARLES      30.14N 93.23W
10/26/2009  M3.97 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   ASOS

            RAINFALL SO FAR IN THE LAST 2 HOURS.

&&

BRAZZELL
Local storm report, Oct 26, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 26, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 8:19 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH11 hr
Oct 26, 9:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu17 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.