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River Flood Warning 93, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 31, 2024Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2024, 1:22 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 31, 2024, 8:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2024, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2024, 8:35 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 14, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 14.56 ft at Jun 5, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, 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 31, 12:59 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:59 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 7:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:23 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:45 PM CDT, 37 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 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	62 min
May 30, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	34 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	18 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	35 min
May 30, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	62 min
May 30, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Vernon	41 min
May 30, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	33 min
May 30, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	26 min
May 30, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	44 min
May 30, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	32 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
May 30, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	64 min
May 30, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
May 30, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion	40 min
May 30, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	65 min
May 30, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min
May 30, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	48 min
May 30, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	31 min
May 30, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		46 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
May 30, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	54 min
May 30, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
May 30, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	64 min
May 31, 9:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
May 31, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
May 31, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
May 31, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	26 min
May 31, 12:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	34 min
May 31, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	37 min
May 31, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		17 min
May 31, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	30 min
May 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	57 min
May 31, 7:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Tyler	55 min
May 31, 1:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	24 hr
May 31, 1:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	7 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.