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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 27, 2020Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Aug 27, 2020, 9:57 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Aug 27, 2020, 1:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2020, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2020, 1:20 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2020, 3:06 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1). The gauge peaked at 18.81 ft at Aug 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08010000, 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 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 7:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion35 min
Aug 26, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron35 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion31 min
Aug 26, 9:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion35 min
Aug 26, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion33 min
Aug 26, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron38 min
Aug 26, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis33 min
Aug 26, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Vermilion34 min
Aug 26, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron51 min
Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis30 min
Aug 26, 10:53 PM CDTExtreme Wind WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis and 1 more2 hr
Aug 26, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Vermilion25 min
Aug 26, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion29 min
Aug 26, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion32 min
Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 4 more10 hr
Aug 26, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, St. Mary, Vermilion34 min
Aug 27, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 2 more43 min
Aug 27, 12:11 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion34 min
Aug 27, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion9 hr
Aug 27, 12:44 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 5 more46 min
Aug 27, 12:54 AM CDTExtreme Wind WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis2 hr
Aug 27, 1:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin33 min
Aug 27, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon8 hr
Aug 27, 2:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary35 min
Aug 27, 2:58 AM CDTExtreme Wind WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon2 hr
Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette and 3 more6 hr
Aug 27, 4:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary27 min
Aug 27, 4:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHSaint Martin, St. Mary13 hr
Aug 27, 6:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin4 days
Aug 27, 9:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion6 hr
Aug 27, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHRapides12 days
Aug 27, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard4 days
Aug 27, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon10 hr
Aug 27, 9:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette and 3 more3 hr
Aug 27, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion14 days
Aug 27, 10:04 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon5 hr
Aug 27, 10:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more3 hr
Aug 27, 10:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary39 min
Aug 27, 1:13 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH6 hr
Aug 27, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary37 min
Aug 27, 4:14 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCameron17 hr
Aug 27, 6:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more24 hr
Aug 27, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.