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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 2, 2013Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 2, 2013, 1:49 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 2, 2013, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Nov 4, 2013, 9:01 PM CST
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 Village Creek near Kountze (KOUT2). The gauge peaked at 18.52 ft at Nov 3, 2013, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041500, 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 Nov 1, 6:24 PM CDT, 19 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 6:24 PM CDT, 19 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 1, 10:35 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH	20 hr
Nov 1, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH	64 min
Nov 2, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH	57 min
Nov 2, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH	60 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every 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.