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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 22, 2015Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 22, 2015, 9:44 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 24, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2015, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 31, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force
7 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 15:45 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 Glenmora (GLML1).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 11:51 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin12 hr
Jan 22, 2:29 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 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.