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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 24, 2015Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2015, 10:13 AM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 25, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2015, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 30, 2015, 10:55 AM CDT
In force: 36 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Red River at Alexandria (AEXL1).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 40 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 May 24, 9:49 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:49 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
459 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
251000-
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-
459 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AS
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVES
THROUGH. A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING, HOWEVER MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY,
HOWEVER THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY
MORNING WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
AREA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE WEEK.

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING OR ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-251000-
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-
459 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR ALONG WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS.

A FAIRLY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP A MODERATE TO STRONG
ONSHORE FLOW IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
WEEK. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. RAIN CHANCES
WILL DECREASE PAST TUESDAY, HOWEVER ISOLATED STORMS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 7:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
756 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

TXZ201-215-216-261-241345-
ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-JEFFERSON TX-HARDIN TX-
756 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 754 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEVERS TO NEAR HIGH ISLAND...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...PORT
NECHES... LUMBERTON...VIDOR...SILSBEE...SOUR LAKE...NOME...CENTRAL
GARDENS... HAMSHIRE...EVADALE...SABINE PASS...BEVIL
OAKS...CHINA...ROSE CITY... PINE FOREST...LAKEVIEW AND LA BELLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3047 9404 2999 9384 2999 9386 2997 9384
      2982 9393 2982 9394 2981 9393 2981 9395
      2968 9384 2967 9405 2956 9435 2989 9436
      2989 9444 3011 9444 3011 9460 3018 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 232DEG 33KT 3000 9456 2953 9439

TWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
May 24, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
May 24, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
May 24, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
May 24, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	51 min
May 24, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	42 min
May 24, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
May 24, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
May 24, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	22 min
May 24, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	44 min
May 24, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
May 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
May 24, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	23 min
May 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	39 hr
May 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
May 24, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	63 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary	62 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	3 hr
May 24, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	49 min
May 24, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	3 hr
May 24, 10:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Sabine	39 min
May 24, 10:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton	23 min
May 24, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	10 days
May 24, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	5 days

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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.