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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 28, 2015Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2015, 10:15 AM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 29, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2015, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Morgan City (MCGL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 27, 6:54 PM CDT, 15 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:54 PM CDT, 15 hours 21 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
Apr 27, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		46 min
Apr 27, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		42 min
Apr 27, 9:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	4 days
Apr 27, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		32 min

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.