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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2013, 12:16 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2013, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- 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 17:21 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).
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 25 min | |
| Apr 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 39 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 12:59 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Apr 14, 1:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 116 min |
| Apr 14, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 3:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more | 116 min |
| Apr 14, 7:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
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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.