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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 10, 2020Avoyelles Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 10, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 12, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Simmesport (SMML1). The gauge peaked at 39.85 ft at Apr 14, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07381490, 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 Apr 10, 11:22 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 11:22 AM CDT, 38 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
Apr 9, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	35 min
Apr 9, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	51 min
Apr 9, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	55 min
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	35 min
Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	58 min
Apr 9, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	53 min
Apr 9, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	49 min
Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	41 min
Apr 9, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion	39 min
Apr 10, 4:05 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		57 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020 Every 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.