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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 30, 2023Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 30, 2023, 11:33 AM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2023, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 3, 2023, 9:28 PM CST
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Allen Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 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 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 near Oakdale (OKDL1). The gauge peaked at 16.37 ft at Jan 31, 2023, 6:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013250, 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
Jan 30, 11:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	6 days
Jan 30, 3:05 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		21 hr
Jan 29, 7:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	5 days

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.