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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2020, 7:48 PM CST for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 14, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2020, 7:48 PM CST (01:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1). The gauge peaked at 15.83 ft at Jan 14, 2020, 7:00 PM CST.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 8:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 90 min |
| Jan 14, 10:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 88 min |
| Jan 14, 2:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 19 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:55 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 51 hr | |
| Jan 14, 5:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides | 2 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Angelina | 26 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.