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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 13, 2018Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2018, 10:04 AM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 15, 2018, 4:30 AM CST. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2018, 10:04 AM CST (16:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2018, 4:30 AM CST
Expired
Dec 17, 2018, 9:13 AM CST
In force
53 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 16:04 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 13.82 ft at Dec 16, 2018, 3:00 AM CST.

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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
Dec 13, 3:32 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH17 hr
Dec 13, 6:18 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH44 min
Dec 13, 7:35 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH40 min
Dec 13, 10:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.