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River Flood Warning 128, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 30, 2018Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2018, 10:19 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 31, 2018, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2018, 10:19 AM CST (16:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2018, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 10, 2019, 7:33 PM CST
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 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 Mermentau River at Mermentau (MRML1). The gauge peaked at 5.21 ft at Jan 6, 2019, 4:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08012150, 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 29, 8:00 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH16 hr
Dec 30, 1:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCH61 hr
Dec 30, 10:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen33 hr
Dec 30, 2:24 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCH

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.