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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2023Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2023, 11:33 AM CST for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 26, 2023, 10:30 PM CST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2023, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 26, 2023, 10:30 PM CST
Expired
Feb 15, 2023, 11:33 AM CST
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pine Island Bayou near Sour Lake (SOLT2).

Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041700, 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 Jan 25, 5:55 AM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 5:55 AM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 6:05 AM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 10:09 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion24 min
Jan 24, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion21 min
Jan 24, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more74 min
Jan 24, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Vermilion27 min
Jan 24, 6:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion3 hr
Jan 24, 7:23 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH97 min
Jan 24, 7:43 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary32 min
Jan 24, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary60 min
Jan 24, 8:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary32 min
Jan 24, 9:22 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion13 hr
Jan 24, 9:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen21 days
Jan 25, 12:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion47 hr
Jan 25, 10:25 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHJefferson24 hr

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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.