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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 18, 2009Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2009, 1:16 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 21, 2009, 6:51 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2009, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2009, 6:51 AM CST
Expired: Dec 25, 2009, 10:23 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Allen Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 14.86 ft at Dec 22, 2009, 9:00 AM 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 Dec 18, 11:39 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 11:39 AM CST, 1 hour 37 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
Dec 17, 7:54 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	7 days
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

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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.