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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 4, 2019Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 4, 2019, 9:17 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 4, 2019, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2019, 9:17 AM CST (15:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 7, 2019, 12:00 AM CST
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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 Calcasieu River at Sam Houston Jones State Park (LCRL1).

Action stage
3 ft
Minor stage
5 ft
Moderate stage
8 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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
Jan 4, 9:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu21 days

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.