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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 23, 2025Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2025, 9:04 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2025, 10:08 PM CST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2025, 9:04 AM CST (15:04 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2025, 10:08 PM CST
Expired
Mar 16, 2025, 10:04 AM CDT
In force
20 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 15:03 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 6:16 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH29 min
Feb 22, 8:29 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH31 min
Feb 23, 7:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH31 min
Feb 23, 7:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHVernon50 hr
Feb 23, 9:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard5 days
Feb 23, 9:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen4 days
Feb 23, 9:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry54 hr
Feb 23, 9:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis5 days
Feb 23, 10:51 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion35 hr
Feb 22, 6:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson35 min
Feb 23, 9:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange21 days
Feb 23, 12:47 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson47 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.