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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 3, 2015Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

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.

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:58 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu4 days
Jan 3, 7:50 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler71 hr

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.