River Flood Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA

543 
WGUS84 KLCH 110500
FLSLCH

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1200 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Texas...

  Pine Island Bayou Near Sour Lake affecting Hardin and Jefferson
  Counties.

TXC199-245-110600-
/O.CAN.KLCH.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-260911T0500Z/
/SOLT2.1.ER.260910T1900Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1200 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Warning is cancelled for
  the Pine Island Bayou Near Sour Lake.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 11:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 24.8 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 22.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 24.8 feet
    early this morning.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3012 9445 3024 9423 3021 9407 3013 9406
      3004 9445


$$

Tingler

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
132 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026

...New DISCUSSION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Afternoon highs today will again climb into the low to mid 90s
  with heat indices ranging from 99-107 today.

- Higher precipitation chances are expected through the weekend
  as deep moisture moves across the area and interacts with a
  weakness aloft.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(This evening through next Wednesday)
Issued at 125 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026

Upper air analysis and water vapor imagery show the elongated ridge
over the southern CONUS has broken down overhead this afternoon,
with a weakness aloft now in place across E TX and the lower MS
River Valley. At the surface, a disturbance is located near the
mouth of the MS River, providing convection across much of the NWrn
Gulf Coast since early this morning. Across the forecast area, there
are two distinct areas of convection, the first over our eastern
zones associated with this disturbance and the second over our
western zones and down the TX Coast. Both of these areas should
gradually expand inland through the afternoon, while the eastern
convection will become more prominent due to the nearby disturbance.
With plenty of moisture to work with, some of this convection will
have the potential to produce heavy downpours capable of flooding,
therefore a Marginal Risk for Excessive Rainfall is in place across
lower Acadiana today/tonight. Elsewhere, while atmospheric moisture
will be prevalent the isolated nature of these storms should cause
less, if any, issues.

Tomorrow into Saturday, the surface disturbance continues to meander
around the NW Gulf Coast keep excessive moisture (PWATs remaining in
the 2.00" range) in place overhead. Aloft, a weak shortwave looks to
drop down into the Ark-La-Tex region tomorrow within the weakness
aloft and linger there through Saturday. Combination of these
factors will again result in more wet weather with scattered to
widespread showers and storms expected both Fri and Sat. Fri, a
Marginal Risk for Excessive Rainfall is outlined along the I-49
corridor, closer to the surface disturbance. Saturday, the area
along and south of the I-190 corridor becomes outlined in a Marginal
Risk.

Late Saturday into Sunday ridging again begins to build overhead and
steadily maintain control into next week. NBM keeps modest POPs in
place Sun int next week however, given the trend in guidance towards
a building ridge wouldn't be shocked to see these POPs come down
over the coming days. We still could see some isolated daytime
heating convection each afternoon, especially Sun/Mon as the ridge
become established, but widespread convection similar to today/the
next couple of days looks unlikely. On the flip side, this will
allow temperatures to steadily rise with highs reaching into the mid
to upper 90s next week.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1212 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026

Scattered convection will continue into the evening hours,
occasionally passing over the terminals and causing reductions in
VIS/CIGs. Away from convection, mainly VFR conditions and light
and variable winds will prevail. A cloud deck near 3000ft will
cause some sites to occasionally waffle between VFR and MVFR.

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 125 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026

Outside of storms, generally light southerly winds are anticipated
through the period as high pressure remains centered off the
Atlantic coast. Seas will also remain low.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 125 PM CDT Thu Sep 10 2026

A moisture rich airmass and a nearby disturbance will bring
scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region today through the
weekend. Fire weather concerns look minimal through this period,
with rainfall expected to help improve drought conditions across
much of the area.

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...None.
TX...None.
GM...None.
&&

PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...17
AVIATION...17