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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 2, 2009Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 2, 2009, 10:07 AM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Nov 4, 2009, 7:32 PM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 2, 2009, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 4, 2009, 7:32 PM CST
Expired: Nov 8, 2009, 9:18 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Moderate

County Allen Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 16.54 ft at Nov 5, 2009, 3:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013500, 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 Nov 1, 5:51 PM CST, 16 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 5:51 PM CST, 16 hours 16 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
Nov 2, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	71 hr
Nov 2, 1:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	7 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.