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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 9, 2009Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 9, 2009, 8:12 PM CST for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 10, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2009, 8:12 PM CST (02:12 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 10, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 10, 2009, 10:14 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Neches River at Beaumont (BEAT2).

Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
7 ft
Major stage
10 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 10:05 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 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.