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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2025, 10:56 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at May 9, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2025, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2025, 3:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 Nezpique at Basile (BSLL1). The gauge peaked at 22.56 ft at May 10, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 22 ft
- Minor stage
- 22 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08012000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 15 min | |
| May 9, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 41 min |
| May 9, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| May 9, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 37 min |
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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.