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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 16, 2024Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2024, 9:47 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 17, 2024, 6:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2024, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2024, 6:40 AM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 days
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 14:47 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 Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1). The gauge peaked at 17.81 ft at May 18, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT.

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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 16, 7:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen21 days
May 16, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis21 days
May 16, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH40 min
May 16, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH23 min
May 16, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Rapides, Vernon65 min
May 16, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Rapides31 min
May 16, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry21 min
May 16, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon26 min
May 16, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon5 hr
May 16, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon30 min
May 16, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon35 min
May 16, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAllen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis42 min
May 16, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu27 min
May 16, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Rapides39 min
May 16, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry37 min
May 16, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler53 min
May 16, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler6 hr
May 16, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler38 min
May 16, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Tyler27 min
May 16, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHHardin4 hr
May 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler31 min
May 16, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin34 min

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.