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River Flood Warning 75, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 4, 2024Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2024, 2:02 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2024, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1). The gauge peaked at 16.24 ft at May 5, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08010000, 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 May 4, 12:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 12:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 11:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 11:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 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
May 3, 7:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	5 days
May 4, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		27 min
May 4, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		31 min
May 4, 7:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	4 days
May 4, 8:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	4 days
May 4, 9:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	25 hr
May 4, 9:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Orange	25 hr
May 4, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	28 min
May 4, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	38 min
May 4, 1:58 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler	29 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.