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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 20, 2020Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2020, 9:38 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2020, 9:38 AM CST (15:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2021, 7:16 PM CST
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at White Oak Park (CWOL1).

Action stage: 1.5 ft
Minor stage: 2 ft
Moderate stage: 4 ft
Major stage: 6 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 Dec 19, 5:55 PM CST, 15 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 5:55 PM CST, 15 hours 43 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
Dec 19, 8:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	43 hr
Dec 20, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Rapides	4 days
Dec 20, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	7 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.