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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 16, 2024Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 16, 2024, 10:23 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2024, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2024, 7:54 AM CDT
In force
12 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 03:25 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 Sabine River at Deweyville (DWYT2). The gauge peaked at 24.54 ft at Mar 24, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT.

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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 Mar 16, 6:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 6:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:53 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH51 hr
Mar 17, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion28 min
Mar 17, 6:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH29 min
Mar 17, 6:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary27 min
Mar 17, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH50 min
Mar 17, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Martin, St. Mary41 min
Mar 17, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH45 min
Mar 17, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron, Jefferson Davis32 min
Mar 17, 7:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAssumption24 min
Mar 17, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary35 min
Mar 17, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron32 min
Mar 17, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH31 min
Mar 17, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH36 min
Mar 17, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis28 min
Mar 17, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion22 min
Mar 17, 8:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH35 min
Mar 17, 9:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary21 min
Mar 17, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary28 min
Mar 17, 9:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH24 min
Mar 17, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH33 min
Mar 17, 1:59 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry23 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.