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WGUS84 KLCH 041626
FLSLCH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1126 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER AFFECTING HARDIN,
JEFFERSON, ORANGE AND JASPER COUNTIES.
..THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS
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...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE VILLAGE CREEK...INCLUDING KOUNTZE...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
FOR THE PINE ISLAND BAYOU...INCLUDING SOUR LAKE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1130 PM CDT.
TXC199-050430-
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1126 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...VILLAGE CREEK NEAR KOUNTZE.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, WATER COVERS ENTIRE FLOOR OF FARM TO MARKET
ROAD 418. WATER THREATENS HOMES NEAR THE CREEK IN KOUNTZE.
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURS IN VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:30 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 22.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.3 FEET WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.4
FEET ON 04/06/1999.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
VILLAGE CREEK
KOUNTZE 17.0 22.3 FRI 10 AM 19.2 14.2 9.3
LAT...LON 3048 9433 3050 9423 3026 9404 3016 9414
3033 9433
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/NSBT2.1.ER.260905T1600Z.260907T1200Z.260909T0400Z.NO/
1126 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, WATER IS ABOUT TWO FEET OVER PORTIONS OF
FOUR OAKS RANCH ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 5.2 FEET MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 5.8
FEET ON 02/14/2005.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MO
NECHES RIVER
NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRI 4.0 2.8 FRI 10 AM 4.1 4.8 5
LAT...LON 3033 9404 3018 9402 3004 9378 2992 9387
2998 9406 3008 9413 3033 9421
TXC199-245-050430-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FL.W.0038.260905T1312Z-260907T1200Z/
/SOLT2.1.ER.260905T1312Z.260906T0600Z.260907T0000Z.NO/
1126 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, WATER INUNDATES ROADS IN LOWLAND AREAS NEAR
THE RIVER. LOW SPOTS ON OLD SOUR LAKE ROAD ARE UNDER WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 25.8 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 25.7
FEET ON 10/02/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
PINE ISLAND BAYOU
SOUR LAKE 25.0 19.0 FRI 10 AM 25.4 25.4 23.6
LAT...LON 3012 9445 3024 9423 3021 9407 3013 9406
3004 9445
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