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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 18, 2020Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2020, 10:03 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 22, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2020, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2020, 10:03 AM CDT
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, 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 18, 7:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 7:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 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 18, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		29 min
Apr 18, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		32 min
Apr 18, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		34 min
Apr 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	30 min
Apr 18, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		38 min
Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	22 min
Apr 18, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	25 min
Apr 18, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	29 min
Apr 18, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vermilion	42 min
Apr 18, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	24 min
Apr 18, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	47 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.