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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 13, 2026Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this river flood warning at Jul 13, 2026, 10:04 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jul 14, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2026, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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 Glenmora (GLML1). The gauge peaked at 12.25 ft at Jul 14, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT.

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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.

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 Jul 13, 6:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 6:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion29 hr
Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu5 days
Jul 13, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH35 min
Jul 13, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides3 hr

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.