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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2018, 9:24 AM CST for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2018, 9:24 AM CST (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 51 hr
- 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 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 20, 6:04 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 6:04 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 8:12 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 7 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 15 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:26 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 21 hr |
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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.