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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 16, 2015, 7:58 PM CST for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 18, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2015, 7:58 PM CST (01:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 Neches River at Beaumont (BEAT2).
- Action stage
- 4 ft
- Minor stage
- 4 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 10 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 6 hr |
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.