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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 6, 2013Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 6, 2013, 9:15 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2013, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
In force
45 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 15:17 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 Nov 6, 6:02 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 6:02 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 6:08 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
608 AM CST WED NOV 6 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
071200-
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-
608 AM CST WED NOV 6 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

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
AHEAD OF AN ALONG A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
BREEZY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BREEZY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-071200-
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-
608 AM CST WED NOV 6 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
AHEAD OF AN ALONG A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
BREEZY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BREEZY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY TO BE IN EFFECT.
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE ON FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

13

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 10:40 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH49 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.