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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 7, 2020Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 7, 2020, 11:12 AM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 9, 2020, 4:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2020, 11:12 AM CDT (16:12 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2020, 4:16 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 10, 2020, 5:06 AM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Morgan City (MCGL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Oct 7, 6:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 6:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 4:23 AM CDT, 6 hours 49 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
Oct 7, 10:27 AM CDT	Hurricane Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 2 more	12 hr
Oct 7, 10:27 AM CDT	Storm Surge Watch	LCH	Cameron, Saint Martin	24 hr
Oct 7, 3:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	59 hr
Oct 7, 4:06 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	6 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.