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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2020, 8:55 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 12, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2020, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2020, 10:07 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 hr
- 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 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 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.
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.