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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2022, 6:36 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2022, 6:36 AM CDT (11:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2022, 7:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- 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 11:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 29 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.