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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2025, 12:50 PM CST for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 26, 2025, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2025, 12:50 PM CST (18:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2025, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 60 hr
- 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 18:49 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 Mermentau River at Mermentau (MRML1). The gauge peaked at 3.77 ft at Feb 26, 2025, 6:00 PM CST.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:04 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 22 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.