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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood watch at May 27, 2014, 8:50 PM CDT. It took effect at May 30, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2014, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
The river
Written for the forecast point Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 23.54 ft at May 31, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 26 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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 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 river flood watch went out at May 27, 8:40 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 8:40 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 6:43 AM CDT, 14 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 281145- 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- 643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 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 A CUT-OFF LOW...SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WILL MEANDER EAST-SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE ARKLATEX REGION ON WEDNESDAY ...BEFORE STALLING OUT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK THEIR WAY...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON... MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED ON WEDNESDAY. MEAN AREAL RAINFALL TOTALS...COMPUTED OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD ENDING FRIDAY MORNING...WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-281145- 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- 643 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CUT-OFF LOW...SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WILL MEANDER EAST-SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE ARKLATEX REGION ON WEDNESDAY ...BEFORE STALLING OUT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK THEIR WAY...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE MARINE AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 3 MILES AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 82 min |
| May 27, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 34 min |
| May 28, 4:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 10 days |
| May 28, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 4 hr |
| May 28, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 95 min | |
| May 28, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| May 28, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| May 28, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 41 min |
| May 28, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 49 min |
| May 28, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 4 days |
| May 28, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 51 min |
| May 28, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 91 min | |
| May 28, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 28, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| May 28, 11:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 hr |
| May 28, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 63 min |
| May 28, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 12 hr |
| May 28, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 12 hr |
| May 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 28, 5:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 2 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.