Alert archive / Louisiana / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 109, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 18, 2015, 1:09 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2015, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2015, 7:13 PM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 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 Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 11.22 ft at Nov 18, 2015, 5:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, 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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</html>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 | Calcasieu | 4 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.