Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
858 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...The National Weather Service in Lake Charles LA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...

  Calcasieu River Near Glenmora

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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LAC079-271400-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0050.250426T1358Z-250430T2100Z/
/GLML1.1.ER.250426T0507Z.250427T1800Z.250430T1500Z.NO/
858 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Calcasieu River near Glenmora.

* WHEN...From this morning to Wednesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, When the river is falling and the gauge
  reading is forecast to be near 12 feet, flooding of forested areas
  near the river will occur.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 12.3 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 8:45 AM CDT Saturday was 12.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0
    feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
    stage late Wednesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue

Calcasieu River
Glenmora       12.0  12.3  Sat 8 am CDT 12.9  12.9  12.5


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LAT...LON 3115 9275 3105 9265 3090 9262 3090 9269
      3113 9279


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