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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 22, 2020Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2020, 8:52 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2020, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2020, 10:22 AM CDT
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Orange County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River at Orange (ORNT2). The gauge peaked at 4.27 ft at Sep 23, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 3.5 ft
Minor stage: 4 ft
Moderate stage: 5 ft
Major stage: 6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030540, 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 Sep 22, 7:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 7:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 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
Sep 22, 5:20 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2020 Every 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.