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River Flood Warning 86, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 4, 20234 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2023, 9:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 5, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2023, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 6, 2023, 10:52 AM CDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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 Neches River at Saltwater Barrier (NSBT2).

Action stage
3.4 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08041780, 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 Oct 4, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 5:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon28 min
Oct 5, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu35 min
Oct 5, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron25 min
Oct 5, 10:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron21 min
Oct 5, 3:13 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHIberia, St. Mary, Vermilion15 hr
Oct 5, 3:13 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more23 hr
Oct 5, 3:13 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more52 hr
Oct 5, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin33 min
Oct 5, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin34 min
Oct 5, 9:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.