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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 2, 2015Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2015, 10:46 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 3, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2015, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 30, 2015, 8:47 AM CDT
In force
27 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 16:49 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
Mar 1, 8:01 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHCameron13 hr
Mar 2, 9:20 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHLafayette, Saint Martin100 min

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.