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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 8, 2026Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2026, 9:08 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 8, 2026, 9:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2026, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 8, 2026, 9:18 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice (BDCL1).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08010000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 8, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 3:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 8:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry	4 hr
Mar 7, 9:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	4 hr
Mar 8, 4:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Mar 8, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 8, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 8, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
Mar 8, 1:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	34 min
Mar 8, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	35 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.