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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 27, 2020Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Aug 27, 2020, 9:54 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 27, 2020, 4:38 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2020, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 27, 2020, 4:38 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 27, 2020, 8:08 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Anacoco near Rosepine (RPIL1).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028000, 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, 6:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 7:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 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
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 Tornado observed	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, 6:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	4 days
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, 9:57 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

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.