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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 27, 2024, 2:16 PM CST for Allen Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2024, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2024, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 Calcasieu River near Kinder (KDRL1). The gauge peaked at 17.01 ft at Jan 29, 2024, 2:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 13.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08015500, 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, 2:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 61 hr |
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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.