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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 3, 2019Lafayette Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2019, 9:10 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 3, 2019, 7:34 PM CST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2019, 9:10 AM CST (15:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2019, 7:34 PM CST
Expired: Jan 5, 2019, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Vermilion near Carencro (BVCL1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19.5 ft
Major stage: 21.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386600, 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 2, 5:39 PM CST, 15 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 5:39 PM CST, 15 hours 31 minutes before

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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 2, 9:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		41 hr
Jan 3, 5:31 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		36 hr
Jan 3, 6:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	4 days
Jan 3, 8:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	24 hr
Jan 3, 8:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 1 more	24 hr
Jan 3, 9:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	5 days
Jan 3, 11:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	12 hr
Jan 3, 3:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	21 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.