172  
WGUS44 KLCH 021253  
FLWLCH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
753 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...  
 
NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER AFFECTING JASPER,  
HARDIN, JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES.  
 
VILLAGE CREEK NEAR KOUNTZE AFFECTING HARDIN COUNTY.  
 
PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE AFFECTING HARDIN AND JEFFERSON  
COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE NECHES RIVER...INCLUDING TOWN BLUFF, EVADALE, NECHES RIVER  
SALTWATER BARRIER...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
FOR THE VILLAGE CREEK...INCLUDING KOUNTZE...MAJOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
FOR THE PINE ISLAND BAYOU...INCLUDING SOUR LAKE...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 800 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
TXC199-241-245-361-030100-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0036.260902T1629Z-000000T0000Z/  
/NSBT2.2.ER.260902T1629Z.260906T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
753 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO GO OVER BIGNER ROAD INTO THE  
SALTWATER BARRIER. WATER ALSO CUTS OFF MOST ACCESS TO THE FOUR OAKS  
RANCH ROAD DOWNSTREAM OF FOUR OAKS BOAT LAUNCH. FLOODING OF  
COLLIERS FERRY PARK AND SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER CAN BE  
EXPECTED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 7.1 FEET SATURDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.6  
FEET ON 05/31/2015.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3033 9404 3018 9402 3004 9378 2992 9387  
2998 9406 3008 9413 3033 9421  
 

 
 
TXC199-030100-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0037.260902T2000Z-260904T0800Z/  
/KOUT2.3.ER.260902T2000Z.260903T0600Z.260903T1955Z.NO/  
753 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...VILLAGE CREEK NEAR KOUNTZE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, MAJOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 23.3 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.9  
FEET ON 05/09/1969.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3048 9433 3050 9423 3026 9404 3016 9414  
3033 9433  
 

 
 
TXC199-245-030100-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0038.260902T2003Z-260905T0000Z/  
/SOLT2.1.ER.260902T2003Z.260903T1800Z.260904T1137Z.NO/  
753 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 29.0 FEET, MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR. WATER  
COVERS ROADS IN BEVIL OAKS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 28.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 28.4  
FEET ON 11/24/1975.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

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

 
 
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