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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 27, 2024, 2:14 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2024, 2:14 PM CST (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2024, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Allen Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 14.06 ft at Jan 28, 2024, 4:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 26 min |
| Jan 26, 6:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Jan 26, 6:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 28 min |
| Jan 26, 7:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 27 min |
| Jan 26, 7:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 31 min |
| Jan 26, 8:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 44 min |
| Jan 26, 8:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:35 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 38 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 44 min |
| Jan 26, 9:37 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 32 hr | |
| Jan 26, 11:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 26 min |
| Jan 26, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 34 min |
| Jan 26, 11:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Jan 27, 12:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 12:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 33 min |
| Jan 27, 12:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 1:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Jan 27, 3:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:37 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:13 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 26 hr | |
| Jan 27, 2:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 4 days |
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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.