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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 18, 2014Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2014, 8:47 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 19, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2014, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2014, 8:33 PM CDT
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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 Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 12.59 ft at Apr 20, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.