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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 9, 2023, 7:38 PM CST for Allen Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 10, 2023, 8:51 AM CST. It was in force for 20 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2023, 7:38 PM CST (01:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2023, 8:51 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2023, 7:38 PM CST
- In force
- 20 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Kinder (KDRL1).
- Action stage
- 13.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08015500, 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 Feb 9, 3:35 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 3:35 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 9, 8:10 PM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 25 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.