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River Flood Warning 127, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 15, 2016Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 10:27 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Aug 16, 2016, 6:47 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2016, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 16, 2016, 6:47 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
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 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Oakdale (OKDL1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013250, 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 Aug 15, 7:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 7:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 10:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more	12 hr
Aug 15, 11:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	55 min
Aug 15, 2:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more	5 days
Aug 15, 2:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Cameron	8 days
Aug 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	49 min

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.