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River Flood Warning 139, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 3, 2016Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 3, 2016, 1:36 PM CST for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 4, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 3, 2016, 1:36 PM CST (19:36 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 4, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 4, 2016, 1:36 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 Neches River at Beaumont (BEAT2).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 4 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 10 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 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 Dec 3, 11:43 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 11:43 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 5:48 AM CST, 7 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
548 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
041200-
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-
548 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

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

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL PROVIDE
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH MONDAY, MAINLY IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS, WESTERN LOUISIANA, AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

WITH THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN PLACE THERE IS A CHANCE OF AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO IN FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND FAR
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

THE PRESSURE GRADIENT NEAR THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN TIGHT TODAY, BUT
GRADUALLY WEAKEN. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOME COASTAL
LOCATIONS THROUGH NOON. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON,
HOWEVER AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS COAST
ACROSS LOUISIANA MONDAY. SOUTH AND EAST OF THE LOW THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION BY THE END OF THE
WEEK. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE POSSIBLE TO THE COAST BY FRIDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING AND HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-041200-
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-
548 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. STRONG WINDS MAY
OCCUR IN SOME STORMS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS THROUGH
TODAY. GALE FORCE GUSTS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING.

ROUGH SEAS AND HIGH TIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE COAST. A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE COAST THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING OVER THE GULF WATERS. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS WILL
OCCUR IN STORMS.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY EVENING
WITH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND OR OVER 20 KNOTS FOR TUESDAY
MORNING.

A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL GALE FORCE GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 1:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
Dec 3, 2:48 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		42 min
Dec 3, 3:22 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	60 hr
Dec 3, 3:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
Dec 3, 5:22 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		83 min
Dec 3, 6:48 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		87 min
Dec 3, 8:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	11 days
Dec 3, 8:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	6 days
Dec 3, 9:26 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		6 hr
Dec 3, 10:51 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		39 min
Dec 3, 10:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	31 min
Dec 3, 2:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	2 hr
Dec 3, 3:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	117 min
Dec 3, 4:56 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	2 hr
Dec 3, 7:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jefferson	4 hr
Dec 3, 10:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	24 min
Dec 3, 12:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	114 min
Dec 3, 2:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	116 min
Dec 3, 3:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	2 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.