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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 22, 2020Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2020, 8:42 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 25, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2020, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 25, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2020, 8:42 PM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 25.43 ft at Oct 14, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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 23, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Sep 23, 7:21 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		12 hr
Sep 23, 7:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	7 hr
Sep 23, 8:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	4 hr
Sep 23, 10:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Vernon	4 hr
Sep 23, 12:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	4 hr
Sep 23, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides	16 min
Sep 23, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	14 min
Sep 23, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	15 min
Sep 23, 2:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	13 min
Sep 23, 2:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	29 days
Sep 23, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	25 min
Sep 23, 2:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Vernon	3 hr
Sep 23, 2:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	96 min
Sep 23, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	17 min
Sep 23, 4:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	6 hr
Sep 23, 5:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	8 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.