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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2019, 12:55 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 27, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2019, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1). The gauge peaked at 13.29 ft at Apr 26, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08010000, 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 Apr 24, 11:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 11:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 days |
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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.