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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 8, 2019Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 9, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 days
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 13:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at Saltwater Barrier (LCHL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 4 ft
Moderate stage: 6 ft
Major stage: 8 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.

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 May 8, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 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
May 8, 7:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	4 hr
May 8, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	21 days
May 8, 8:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	24 days
May 8, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	21 days
May 8, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	47 min
May 8, 11:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin	4 hr
May 8, 11:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Saint Martin	4 hr
May 8, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	38 min
May 8, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	35 min
May 8, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	49 min
May 8, 6:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	5 hr
May 8, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	32 min
May 8, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	40 min
May 8, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	14 min
May 8, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	50 min
May 8, 5:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	118 min
May 8, 6:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	114 min

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.