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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2023, 9:12 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at May 4, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2023, 9:12 AM CDT (14:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2023, 9:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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 Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2).
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 26 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.