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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2015, 10:49 AM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 27, 2015, 5:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2015, 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2015, 5:12 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2015, 10:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Bayou Anacoco near Rosepine (RPIL1).
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 24 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028000, 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 26, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 556 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-271100- 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-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- 556 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY... ALTHOUGH NOT ON THE SAME SCALE AS SEEN MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AS AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE ALOFT INTERACTS WITH OUR MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND DAYTIME HEATING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A STORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR. MOST OF THE SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END WITH SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 25
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 17 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 46 min |
| May 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 43 min |
| May 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 23 min |
| May 25, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 62 min |
| May 25, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 3 days |
| May 25, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon | 56 min |
| May 25, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 hr |
| May 25, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 4 more | 91 min |
| May 25, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 88 min | |
| May 26, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 54 min |
| May 26, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| May 26, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 84 min |
| May 26, 2:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 119 min | |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 28 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 65 min |
| May 25, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 54 min |
| May 25, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 22 min |
| May 25, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 14 min |
| May 25, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 9 min |
| May 25, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 12 days |
| May 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 26, 5:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 23 min |
| May 26, 10:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 12 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.