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River Flood Warning 129, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 11, 20244 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 11, 2024, 4:02 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2024, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2024, 4:02 PM CDT
In force
21 days
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 21:04 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). The gauge peaked at 3.99 ft at Sep 11, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT.

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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 Sep 11, 2:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 2:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHRapides48 hr
Sep 11, 12:39 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Sep 11, 3:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHSt. Mary10 hr
Sep 11, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHSaint Martin3 hr

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.