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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 31, 2025, 8:43 AM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 2, 2025, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2025, 8:43 AM CST (14:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2025, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2025, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Allen Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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 Calcasieu River near Oberlin (OBCL1). The gauge peaked at 12.81 ft at Feb 4, 2025, 11:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 9:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 37 min | |
| Jan 30, 9:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 28 min |
| Jan 30, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| Jan 30, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 30 min |
| Jan 30, 10:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 20 min |
| Jan 30, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Jan 31, 3:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Jan 31, 8:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 21 days |
| Jan 31, 8:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 44 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.