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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 29, 2023Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 29, 2023, 7:34 PM CST for Hardin County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2023, 5:08 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2023, 7:34 PM CST (01:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2023, 5:08 AM CST
Expired
Feb 4, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 Village Creek near Kountze (KOUT2). The gauge peaked at 17.10 ft at Feb 1, 2023, 5:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041500, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 11:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis6 days
Jan 30, 11:33 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen4 days
Jan 30, 3:05 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH21 hr

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.