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River Flood Warning 148, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 9, 2024Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2024, 4:33 PM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 9, 2024, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
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 22:36 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 Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1). The gauge peaked at 11.54 ft at Dec 9, 2024, 5:00 PM CST.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 8:19 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion25 hr
Dec 9, 3:58 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis4 hr
Dec 9, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
Dec 9, 4:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Saint 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.