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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 21, 2015Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood watch at Jan 21, 2015, 9:45 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 24, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2015, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 1, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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 Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 12.23 ft at Jan 29, 2015, 5:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 9:18 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHAllen, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more14 hr
Jan 20, 9:26 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Jan 21, 4:04 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH116 min
Jan 21, 4:04 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH62 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.