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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 13, 2013Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2013, 10:08 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at May 13, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2013, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 14, 2013, 8:17 PM CDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 24.06 ft at May 14, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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
May 13, 8:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHOrange24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2013River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.