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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 30, 2022Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2022, 10:11 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 31, 2022, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2022, 10:11 AM CST (16:11 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 31, 2022, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 20, 2023, 10:11 AM CST
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River at Saltwater Barrier (LCHL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 4 ft
Moderate stage: 6 ft
Major stage: 8 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 30, 6:22 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 6:22 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 6:00 AM CST, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 30, 4:33 AM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 30, 4:35 AM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 30, 4:37 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 30, 5:01 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 30, 5:07 AM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 30, 10:09 AM CST, 2 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 30, 1:02 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		13 min
Dec 30, 1:16 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		29 min
Dec 30, 2:02 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		28 min
Dec 30, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	35 min
Dec 30, 2:15 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		30 min
Dec 30, 2:32 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Dec 30, 2:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	30 min
Dec 30, 3:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	25 min
Dec 30, 3:07 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		23 min
Dec 30, 3:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	33 min
Dec 30, 3:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	30 min
Dec 30, 3:24 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
Dec 30, 3:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	31 min
Dec 30, 3:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		30 min
Dec 30, 3:32 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		28 min
Dec 30, 3:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	25 min
Dec 30, 3:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	38 min
Dec 30, 3:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	26 min
Dec 30, 3:58 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		32 min
Dec 30, 4:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	31 min
Dec 30, 4:17 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		28 min
Dec 30, 4:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	36 min
Dec 30, 4:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	27 min
Dec 30, 4:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	25 min
Dec 30, 4:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	38 min
Dec 30, 4:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	35 min
Dec 30, 4:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		29 min
Dec 30, 5:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	29 min
Dec 30, 5:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	25 min
Dec 30, 5:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	38 min
Dec 30, 5:19 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		26 min
Dec 30, 8:20 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		23 min
Dec 30, 10:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	55 hr
Dec 30, 10:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	69 hr
Dec 29, 6:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper	33 min
Dec 29, 6:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper	2 hr
Dec 30, 12:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	37 min
Dec 30, 1:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	30 min
Dec 30, 1:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	33 min
Dec 30, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	34 min
Dec 30, 2:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	3 hr
Dec 30, 2:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	32 min
Dec 30, 2:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	3 hr
Dec 30, 10:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	5 days

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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.