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River Flood Warning 86, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2019, 10:13 AM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It took effect at May 18, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2019, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2019, 10:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Neches River near Town Bluff (TBFT2).
- Action stage
- 64 ft
- Minor stage
- 68 ft
- Moderate stage
- 72 ft
- Major stage
- 82.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08040600, 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 18, 7:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 7:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:57 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 27 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.