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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 9, 2016Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2016, 9:47 PM CST for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 13, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2016, 9:47 PM CST (03:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 24, 2016, 2:00 AM CST
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose (BLRL1). The gauge peaked at 20.24 ft at Jan 22, 2016, 2:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07381515, 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 Jan 9, 6:25 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:25 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 5:34 AM CST, 16 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
534 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
101145-
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-
534 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10 SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-101145-
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-
534 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP WITH BUILDING SEAS TODAY IN
THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO CONTINUE PUSHING EAST THROUGH
THE NORTHWEST GULF THIS MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH
INTO THE REGION. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE
COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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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
Jan 9, 9:47 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Saint Landry, Saint Martin	10 days
Jan 10, 6:06 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		3 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.