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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 12, 2020Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2020, 11:02 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 12, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2020, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 4:33 AM CDT
In force: 13 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 16:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at White Oak Park (CWOL1).

Action stage: 1.5 ft
Minor stage: 2 ft
Moderate stage: 4 ft
Major stage: 6 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.

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 11, 4:44 PM CDT, 18 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 4:44 PM CDT, 18 hours 18 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 12, 1:11 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH		18 hr
Apr 12, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	25 hr
Apr 12, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	51 min
Apr 12, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	40 min
Apr 12, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	45 min
Apr 12, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	35 min
Apr 12, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	49 min
Apr 12, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	23 min
Apr 12, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	34 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.