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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Aug 27, 2020, 6:02 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2020, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2020, 7:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The river
Written for the forecast point Bayou Vermilion near Carencro (BVCL1). The gauge peaked at 18.07 ft at Aug 29, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19.5 ft
- Major stage
- 21.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386600, 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 Aug 27, 4:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 4:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
400 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0353 AM HURRICANE 6 WNW ALEXANDRIA 31.33N 92.56W
08/27/2020 RAPIDES LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
85 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT ALEXANDRIA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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BALocal storm report, Aug 27, 4:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
417 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 AM HURRICANE 3 ENE CALL 30.63N 93.83W
08/27/2020 NEWTON TX MESONET
76 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT KIRBYVILLE RAWS
SITE.
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Extreme Wind Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, St. Mary, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 2 more | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 9 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 5 more | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 12:54 AM CDT | Extreme Wind Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 2:58 AM CDT | Extreme Wind Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 4:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 13 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 12 days |
| Aug 27, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 4 days |
| Aug 27, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 10 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 5 days |
| Aug 27, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 14 days |
| Aug 27, 10:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 1:13 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Aug 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 17 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 5 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.