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Flood Watch 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 22, 202416 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flood watch at Jan 22, 2024, 2:55 PM CST for 16 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 23, 2024, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2024, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 25, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jan 21, 5:24 PM CST, 21 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 5:24 PM CST, 21 hours 31 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
Jan 22, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	8 days
Jan 22, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	16 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2024 Flood Watches in Texas, 2024 Every flood watch in 2024

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.