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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2025, 9:02 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 29, 2025, 2:42 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2025, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2025, 2:42 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2025, 9:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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). The gauge peaked at 9.40 ft at May 28, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT.
- 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 28, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 67 min | |
| May 28, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 12 hr |
| May 28, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 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.