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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 24, 2025Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2025, 5:41 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2025, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2025, 11:58 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 Vermilion River at Lafayette - Surrey Street (VLSL1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07386880, 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 24, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	32 min
May 24, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	36 min
May 24, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette	3 hr
May 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	25 min

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.