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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 5, 2014Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2014, 11:27 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 6, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2014, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2014, 10:13 AM CDT
In force
40 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 16:28 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 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 17 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 17 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:04 PM CDTFlood WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2014Every river flood warning 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.