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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 16, 2013Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2013, 10:37 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2013, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2013, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Allen Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 10.47 ft at Apr 20, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT.

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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 Apr 16, 6:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
449 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
171000-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-
NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
449 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013

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
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. A FEW SHOWERS OR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM
ALOFT APPROACHES THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS
EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH. AT THIS TIME SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS
LOW WITH THE LINE OF STORMS HOWEVER IF STORMS DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE
MAIN LINE SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT
WOULD BE DUE TO STRONG WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-171000-
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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
449 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING... WINDS ARE FOR
THE MOST PART STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP FOG AWAY BUT IF THE WINDS
DROP THEN FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP CAUSING VIS TO DROP BELOW 1
MILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE LIKELY BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTH AS THE
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS DEEPENS. AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT INTO THE END
OF THE WEEK.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 10:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen62 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.