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River Flood Warning 162, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2019Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2019, 11:33 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 31, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2019, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Nov 5, 2019, 7:04 PM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pine Island Bayou near Sour Lake (SOLT2). The gauge peaked at 25.44 ft at Nov 3, 2019, 8:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041700, 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 Oct 30, 4:42 PM CDT, 18 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 4:42 PM CDT, 18 hours 51 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
Oct 31, 3:55 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	28 hr
Oct 31, 11:12 AM CDT	Low Water Advisory	LCH		5 hr
Oct 31, 3:31 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon	16 hr

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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.