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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 2, 2015Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 2, 2015, 10:33 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 10:05 AM CST. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2015, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2015, 10:05 AM CST
Expired
Jan 13, 2015, 9:40 AM CST
In force
10 days
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 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 13.77 ft at Jan 8, 2015, 8:00 AM CST.

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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.

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 Jan 2, 9:54 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 9:54 AM CST, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 4:45 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
445 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
031200-
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-
445 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

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

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS ACADIANA. THE BIGGEST THREAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AN
ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKE.

LATE TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY FOR WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY OCCUR THIS MORNING ALONG THE COAST, HOWEVER
AREAS OF DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS
THAN HALF A MILE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY WITH NUMEROUS
TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY BE
POSSIBLE AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES THROUGH.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE LINE OF STORMS WITH MINOR
FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS POSSIBLE.

BY THE END OF THE PERIOD AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO FILTER
IN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FREEZE OR HARD FREEZE ACROSS MOST IF
NOT ALL OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-031200-
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-
445 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEA FOG WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND
LINGER INTO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND OR OVER 20 KNOTS AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES SATURDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE DENSE FOG WILL
GRADUALLY CLEAR WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA WITH WINDS INCREASING
BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY AND GRADUALLY DECREASING MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 4:54 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Jan 2, 10:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchLCH55 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.