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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 18, 2015Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 18, 2015, 1:09 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2015, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 4 days
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 07:10 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 at Saltwater Barrier (LCHL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 4 ft
Moderate stage: 6 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Nov 17, 5:39 PM CST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 5:39 PM CST, 7 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 5:41 AM CST, 19 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
541 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-
216-259>262-181145-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-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-
541 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF LINES WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. A
FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
INCLUDES CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITHIN AN AREA FOR AN ENHANCED RISK FOR
SEVERE TSTMS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IS WITHIN A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE TSTMS...LINGERING INTO THE NIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. EXPECTING TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 5 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

COOLER THAN NORMAL OVERNIGHT TEMPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT A REINFORCING
COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY WILL BRING COOLER TEMPS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-181145-
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-
541 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BECOMING WESTERLY
THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. ALSO TIDES WILL
RUN UP TO TWO FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY WITH WINDS BECOMING
EASTERLY ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SWEENEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	37 min
Nov 18, 12:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	3 hr
Nov 18, 1:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	5 days

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.