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WGUS44 KLCH 081338
FLWLCH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
838 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...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.
LAC079-091345-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0007.260508T2100Z-260510T1800Z/
/GLML1.1.ER.260508T2100Z.260509T0600Z.260510T1200Z.NO/
838 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR GLENMORA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SUNDAY 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 7:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.2 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
CALCASIEU RIVER
GLENMORA 12.0 11.8 FRI 7 AM CDT 12.2 12.0 11.6
LAT...LON 3115 9275 3105 9265 3090 9262 3090 9269
3113 9279
BRAZZELL
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