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River Flood Warning 118, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2015, 10:24 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 20, 2015, 1:30 AM CST. It was in force for 8 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2015, 10:24 AM CST (16:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2015, 1:30 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 8 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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 Sabine River near Bon Wier (BWRT2). The gauge peaked at 31.94 ft at Dec 24, 2015, 10:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 30 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 33 ft
- Major stage
- 36 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015River Flood Warnings in Texas, 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.