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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 11, 2015Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2015, 10:04 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 12, 2015, 10:38 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2015, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2015, 10:38 AM CST
Expired: Jan 17, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 11, 5:32 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 5:32 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:17 AM CST, 17 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
417 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
121030-
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-
417 AM CST SUN JAN 11 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
RAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AS A
SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND FINALLY CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AROUND MIDNIGHT. RAINS WILL BE HEAVY AROUND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
RAINS WILL BE ENDING ON MONDAY AS A SECOND FRONT MOVES DOWN AND
INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-121030-
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-
417 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 1:40 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	7 hr
Jan 12, 1:43 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		7 hr
Jan 12, 9:24 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		3 hr
Jan 12, 10:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	4 days
Jan 12, 10:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015 Every 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.