River Flood Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jun 15, 2026, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 16, 2026, 9:59 AM CDT

Expired

Jul 6, 2026, 10:02 PM CDT

In force

21 days

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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.

Written for the forecast point Calcasieu River near Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 14.63 ft at Jun 16, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

12 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

16 ft

Major stage

18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08013000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

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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.