Alert archive / Louisiana / River Flood Warnings in 2015

River Flood Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 8, 2015Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2015, 8:55 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2015, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 16, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2).

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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 Mar 8, 8:53 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 8:53 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH	Allen	14 days
Mar 9, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH	Allen	5 days
Mar 9, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH		9 days
Mar 9, 1:10 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		30 hr
Mar 9, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	38 hr
Mar 9, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH	Hardin	3 days

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.