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River Flood Warning 96, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 1, 2024Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 1, 2024, 9:24 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2024, 9:24 AM CDT (14:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mermentau River at Mermentau (MRML1).

Action stage
4 ft
Minor stage
4 ft
Moderate stage
6 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08012150, 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 Jun 1, 6:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHVernon54 hr
Jun 1, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis33 min
Jun 1, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard27 min
Jun 1, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard28 min
Jun 1, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu31 min
Jun 1, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen24 min
Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen31 min
Jun 1, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis34 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin28 min
Jun 1, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHEvangeline29 min
Jun 1, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin39 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Rapides28 min
Jun 1, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin11 hr
Jun 1, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin57 min
Jun 1, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry24 min
Jun 1, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry34 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon11 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles25 min
Jun 1, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides25 min
Jun 1, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin34 min
Jun 1, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin29 min
Jun 1, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange37 min
Jun 1, 1:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange4 hr
Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange30 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin26 min
Jun 1, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin30 min
Jun 1, 2:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson3 hr
Jun 1, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper33 min
Jun 1, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton32 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.