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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 2024Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2024, 9:49 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2024, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2024, 10:42 AM CDT
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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 Calcasieu River at White Oak Park (CWOL1).

Action stage
1.5 ft
Minor stage
2 ft
Moderate stage
4 ft
Major stage
6 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 3, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu11 hr
Jun 2, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides, Vernon56 min
Jun 3, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Evangeline33 min
Jun 3, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen8 days
Jun 3, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu5 days
Jun 2, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton3 hr
Jun 3, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper4 days

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.