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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2015, 9:53 PM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 10:50 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2015, 10:50 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2015, 12:42 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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 Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 9.72 ft at Jan 4, 2015, 3:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, 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 Jan 3, 9:29 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 9:29 PM CST, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:57 AM CST, 16 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 457 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 041200- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON- EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 457 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID DAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WHILE THE FRONT IS IN THE AREA. THERE IS VERY LOW CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH MID DAY UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. AN ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUST OR POSSIBLY WEAK TORNADO WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. DENSE FOG ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS WILL ALSO MIX OUT THIS MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY WITH A LIGHT FREEZE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 190 IN LOUISIANA. A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH A HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-041200- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 457 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DENSE SEA FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE THROUGH TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A MODERATE SOUTH FLOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY. GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OVER THE STRONGEST STORMS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY MORNING WITH A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW EXPECTED. AN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE MODERATE TO STRONG FLOW MAY PUSH WATER LEVELS AT THE COAST TO BELOW 1 FOOT BELOW MLLW SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH A STRONG NORTH FLOW EXPECTED AGAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:58 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Jan 3, 7:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 71 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.