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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2025, 7:43 AM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2025, 9:04 AM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2025, 7:43 AM CST (13:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2025, 9:04 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2025, 9:29 AM CST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 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 Anacoco near Rosepine (RPIL1). The gauge peaked at 17.35 ft at Feb 24, 2025, 9:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 21 ft
- Major stage
- 24 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 6:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 29 min | |
| Feb 22, 8:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 31 min | |
| Feb 23, 7:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 31 min | |
| Feb 23, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 5 days |
| Feb 23, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 4 days |
| Feb 23, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 54 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 21 days |
| Feb 23, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 5 days |
| Feb 23, 10:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Feb 23, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 21 days |
| Feb 23, 12:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 47 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.