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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 12, 2025Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2025, 2:02 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It took effect at May 14, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2025, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 16, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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 Sabine River near Bon Wier (BWRT2). The gauge peaked at 29.62 ft at May 13, 2025, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08028500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.