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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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 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.
- 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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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 29 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Jul 13, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Jul 13, 1:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 3 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.