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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 17, 2009Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 17, 2009, 7:54 PM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2009, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2009, 8:05 PM CST
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 11.27 ft at Dec 18, 2009, 3:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, 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 Dec 17, 7:12 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 7:12 PM CST, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:03 AM CST, 15 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
403 AM CST THU DEC 17 2009

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-181015-
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-
403 AM CST THU DEC 17 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE REGION TODAY. AT THIS
TIME...HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AND NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-181015-
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-
403 AM CST THU DEC 17 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF TODAY AND MOVE
OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF TONIGHT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LOW WILL
RESULT IN INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WINDS MAY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THIS
WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. OTHERWISE...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 10:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	20 min
Dec 17, 10:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	3 hr
Dec 18, 8:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	3 days
Dec 18, 1:16 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.