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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 20, 2020Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 11:24 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2020, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2020, 11:24 AM CDT
In force: 20 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 16:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 24.50 ft at Mar 26, 2020, 8:00 AM 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.

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 Mar 20, 10:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 10:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 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
Mar 20, 3:00 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		7 hr
Mar 20, 10:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	114 min
Mar 20, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	21 days
Mar 20, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	113 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.