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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 18, 2013Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 10:26 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2013, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 18, 6:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 3:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more30 hr
Apr 18, 3:55 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCameron, Saint Martin15 hr
Apr 18, 3:55 AM CDTGale WarningLCH30 hr
Apr 18, 3:55 AM CDTLow Water AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Apr 18, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon38 min
Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon56 min
Apr 18, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton28 min

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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.