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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 4, 2010Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2010, 1:18 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2010, 1:18 PM CST (19:18 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 8, 2010, 10:36 AM CST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity
Minor

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 Bundick Creek at Bundick Lake (BKDL1). The gauge peaked at 8.51 ft at Feb 6, 2010, 1:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
96.5 ft
Minor stage
97 ft
Moderate stage
99 ft
Major stage
100 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08014881, 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
Feb 4, 9:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu12 days
Feb 4, 9:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis3 days
Feb 4, 3:19 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion18 hr
Feb 4, 3:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen12 days
Feb 4, 3:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis11 days
Feb 4, 3:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu19 hr
Feb 4, 3:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu14 hr
Feb 4, 3:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen5 days
Feb 4, 8:31 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson16 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.