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River Flood Warning 155, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 22, 2019Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2019, 6:14 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2019, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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 Sabine River at Orange (ORNT2).

Action stage
3.5 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
5 ft
Major stage
6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030540, 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
Sep 22, 7:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange36 hr

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.