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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 8, 2015Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2015, 6:13 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 8, 2015, 10:33 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2015, 6:13 AM CDT (11:13 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2015, 10:33 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2015, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Allen Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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 Whisky Chitto Creek near Mittie (MTTL1). The gauge peaked at 15.52 ft at Apr 8, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08014500, 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
Apr 8, 3:28 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH10 hr
Apr 8, 3:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 3 more6 hr
Apr 8, 3:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard27 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.