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River Flood Warning 145, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 31, 2019Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jul 31, 2019, 1:38 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Aug 1, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2019, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 1, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 3, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Allen Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Whisky Chitto Creek near Mittie (MTTL1). The gauge peaked at 13.54 ft at Jul 31, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08014500, 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 Jul 30, 4:06 PM CDT, 21 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 4:06 PM CDT, 21 hours 32 minutes before

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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.