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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2024Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2024, 3:55 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2024, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 45 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2024, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 12, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 24.98 ft at Jan 31, 2024, 5:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08030500, 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 Jan 25, 3:22 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:22 PM CST, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 12:56 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 1:33 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 1:43 PM CST, 2 hours 12 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
Jan 24, 9:45 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	10 hr
Jan 24, 10:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	3 hr
Jan 25, 4:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		50 min
Jan 25, 4:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jan 25, 4:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	33 min
Jan 25, 4:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	3 hr
Jan 25, 5:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron	30 min
Jan 25, 5:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
Jan 25, 5:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	30 min
Jan 25, 5:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	32 min
Jan 25, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	31 min
Jan 25, 5:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	32 min
Jan 25, 6:00 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jan 25, 6:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	34 min
Jan 25, 6:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	51 min
Jan 25, 6:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	47 min
Jan 25, 6:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	46 min
Jan 25, 6:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Jan 25, 7:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	18 min
Jan 25, 7:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, Vermilion	39 min
Jan 25, 7:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	6 hr
Jan 25, 8:00 AM CST	River Flood Watch	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	8 hr
Jan 25, 8:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	46 min
Jan 25, 8:31 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Jan 25, 9:37 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		23 min
Jan 24, 9:09 PM CST	River Flood Watch	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	9 hr
Jan 25, 1:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	23 min
Jan 25, 1:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	16 min
Jan 25, 3:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	46 min
Jan 25, 4:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	3 hr
Jan 25, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	21 days
Jan 25, 7:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	6 hr
Jan 25, 1:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	55 hr
Jan 25, 1:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	46 hr
Jan 25, 1:48 PM CST	River Flood Watch	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	20 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.