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River Flood Warning 124, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 10, 2024Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2024, 10:49 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Sep 11, 2024, 2:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2024, 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 11, 2024, 2:40 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 7.67 ft at Sep 9, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, 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 Sep 10, 10:39 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 10:39 AM CDT, 10 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
Sep 10, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH	Rapides	23 hr
Sep 10, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	3 days
Sep 10, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	26 hr
Sep 10, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	39 hr
Sep 10, 3:45 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron	33 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2024 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.