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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 21, 2015Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood watch at Mar 21, 2015, 2:58 PM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 1, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2015, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 8, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Saint Martin Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Morgan City (MCGL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 12 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 watch 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 watch went out at Mar 21, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 5:03 AM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
503 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
221015-
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-
503 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 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
THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY AND GULF MOISTURE TODAY WILL
SUPPORT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. RAINS WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES. AS THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THIS
LATEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING IN
THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA
TODAY. RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
RAINS ENDING SUNDAY EVENING AS THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES
OFF TO THE EAST AND DRIER AIR BECOMES ESTABLISHED BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-221015-
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-
503 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PATCHY FOG OVER THE GULF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING HOURS. CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NEXT FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WINDS AND
SEAS INCREASING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 21, 10:58 AM CDT, 4 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1058 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PORT NECHES             29.97N 93.94W
03/21/2015                   JEFFERSON          TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 365 AND JIMMY
            JOHNSON BOULEVARD.

&&

TWH

Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1156 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1140 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VINTON                  30.20N 93.58W
03/21/2015                   CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            WATER REPORTED OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN VINTON
            INCLUDING...SITTER ST...EDDY ST...LYONS ST...AND AN
            ESIMATED 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER GOODWIN ST

&&

TWH

Local storm report, Mar 21, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
138 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0137 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BRIDGE CITY             30.03N 93.85W
03/21/2015                   ORANGE             TX   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 21, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
139 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0138 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PORT NECHES             29.97N 93.94W
03/21/2015                   JEFFERSON          TX   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STALLED VEHICLES DUE TO FLOODING.
            NALL STREET HAS BEEN CLOSED.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	18 hr
Mar 20, 11:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Mar 21, 11:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	114 min
Mar 21, 12:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	88 min
Mar 21, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	3 hr
Mar 21, 4:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	5 hr
Mar 20, 9:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	3 hr
Mar 21, 10:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jefferson	2 hr
Mar 21, 10:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	109 min
Mar 21, 12:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 21, 3:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	117 min
Mar 21, 4:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH		10 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.