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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 17, 2023Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2023, 9:29 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 17, 2023, 11:58 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2023, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2023, 11:58 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2023, 1:46 PM CDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1). The gauge peaked at 16.22 ft at Mar 18, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08010000, 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 Mar 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 2:43 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		42 hr
Mar 18, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	15 days

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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.