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River Flood Warning 102, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 9, 2015Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 9, 2015, 9:55 AM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Nov 11, 2015, 10:30 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2015, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2015, 10:30 PM CST
Expired
Nov 10, 2015, 9:57 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Allen Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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 Oakdale (OKDL1).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013250, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 6:07 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH9 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.