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River Flood Warning 146, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 5, 2024, 9:05 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 5, 2024, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2024, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2024, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2024, 9:05 AM CST
- In force
- 21 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Rapides Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 14.33 ft at Dec 10, 2024, 11:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 9:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Dec 4, 10:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 27 min |
| Dec 4, 10:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 27 min |
| Dec 4, 10:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Dec 4, 11:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Dec 5, 2:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 45 hr | |
| Dec 5, 1:52 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry, Vernon | 18 hr |
| Dec 5, 1:52 PM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 1 more | 18 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.