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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 62 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.