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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2009Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2009, 8:26 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 31, 2009, 11:18 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2009, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2009, 11:18 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 4, 2009, 10:24 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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 Mermentau River at Mermentau (MRML1). The gauge peaked at 4.10 ft at Nov 1, 2009, 4:00 PM CST.

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 for site 08012150, 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 31, 7:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 7:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 7:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	26 hr
Oct 30, 7:22 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		6 hr
Oct 30, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	6 hr
Oct 30, 11:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	10 days
Oct 31, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	38 hr
Oct 31, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	4 days

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.