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River Flood Warning 109, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 7, 2016Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2016, 9:32 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jun 9, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2016, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
67 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Allen Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 12.89 ft at Jun 11, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013500, 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
Jun 6, 9:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Orange48 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2016Every river flood warning in 2016

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.