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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2020, 7:10 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 12 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2020, 7:10 PM CST (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2020, 2:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 24.09 ft at Mar 9, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 26 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:42 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Mar 5, 10:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 31 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020River Flood Warnings in Texas, 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.