River Flood Warning 207, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jun 12, 2021, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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.

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.

060 
WGUS44 KLCH 121433
FLWLCH

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
933 AM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...The National Weather Service in Lake Charles LA has issued a 
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...

  Calcasieu River NEAR White Oak Park

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.


LAC019-130000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0207.210612T1433Z-210613T0000Z/
/CWOL1.1.ER.210611T1735Z.210611T1835Z.210612T1800Z.NO/
933 AM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Calcasieu River NEAR White Oak Park.
* From this morning to this evening.
* At 8:55 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 1.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 2.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river will oscillate around flood stage with a 
  maximum value of 2.0 feet this afternoon.
* Impact...At 2.0 feet, Minor flooding of Goos Ferry Road will occur.

&&


               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)     
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue          

Calcasieu River
White Oak Park 2.0   1.1   Sat 8 am CDT 1.0   0.9   1.0          





&&

LAT...LON 3038 9314 3031 9303 3025 9308 3019 9321
      3030 9329

$$

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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.