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River Flood Warning 147, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 17, 2019Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 17, 2019, 10:08 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Sep 18, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2019, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 18, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 3, 2019, 8:46 AM CDT
In force: 15 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

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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 Sep 17, 9:13 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 9:13 AM CDT, 55 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
Sep 17, 9:58 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron	21 hr
Sep 17, 2:56 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		7 hr
Sep 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Vernon	3 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.