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River Flood Warning 146, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 31, 2019Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jul 31, 2019, 8:08 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2019, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 12.07 ft at Jul 31, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, 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
Aug 1, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.