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River Flood Warning 103, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 4, 2024Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2024, 9:50 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 5, 2024, 8:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2024, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 5, 2024, 8:31 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 16, 2024, 8:59 PM CDT
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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 near Bon Wier (BWRT2). The gauge peaked at 35.75 ft at Jun 11, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028500, 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 Jun 4, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:45 AM 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides27 min
Jun 3, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Rapides, Vernon52 min
Jun 3, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides39 min
Jun 4, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides30 min
Jun 4, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLCHVernon11 hr
Jun 4, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides, Vernon57 min
Jun 4, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Rapides, Vernon66 min
Jun 4, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 2 more66 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHVernon3 hr
Jun 4, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon3 hr
Jun 4, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more61 min
Jun 4, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry3 hr
Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton25 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton32 min

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.