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Flood Watch 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flood watch at Apr 5, 2014, 4:04 PM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2014, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2014, 4:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Apr 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 21 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 21 hours 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 11:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 71 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2014Flood Watches in Texas, 2014Every flood watch in 2014
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.