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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 26, 2020, 10:00 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2020, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- 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 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 10:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 144 days |
| Jan 26, 10:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 110 min | |
| Jan 26, 12:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 115 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020
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.