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River Flood Warning 123, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 28, 2015Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 3:26 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 29, 2015, 7:56 PM CST. It was in force for 22 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 3:26 PM CST (21:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2015, 7:56 PM CST
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 7:34 AM CST
In force: 22 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 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Bon Wier (BWRT2). The gauge peaked at 34.16 ft at Jan 6, 2016, 6:00 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.

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 Dec 28, 12:12 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 12:12 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 1:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry, Saint Martin	30 min
Dec 28, 1:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Assumption	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every 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.