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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2019, 10:21 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2019, 8:15 PM CST. It was in force for 19 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2019, 10:21 AM CST (16:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2019, 8:15 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2019, 11:21 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 12.68 ft at Feb 25, 2019, 11:00 AM CST.
- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 15 min |
| Feb 21, 3:07 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 45 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 21 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.