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WGUS84 KLCH 050109
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
809 PM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER AFFECTING JEFFERSON,
HARDIN, JASPER AND ORANGE COUNTIES.
VILLAGE CREEK NEAR KOUNTZE AFFECTING HARDIN COUNTY.
..THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS
PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND HARDIN
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...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING AT 815 AM CDT.
TXC199-051315-
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809 PM 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 21.9 FEET, AT THIS LEVEL, WATER WILL BE FLOWING OVER
THE HIGHWAY 418 BRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:30 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 22.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.9 FEET WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.8
FEET ON 02/12/1966.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
VILLAGE CREEK
KOUNTZE 17.0 21.9 FRI 7 PM 17.9 12.9 8.9
LAT...LON 3048 9433 3050 9423 3026 9404 3016 9414
3033 9433
TXC199-241-245-361-051315-
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/NSBT2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
809 PM 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 7:15 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 4.8 FEET EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. 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 4.6
FEET ON 09/22/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MO
NECHES RIVER
NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRI 4.0 2.8 FRI 7 PM 3.6 4.6 5
LAT...LON 3033 9404 3018 9402 3004 9378 2992 9387
2998 9406 3008 9413 3033 9421
TXC199-245-051315-
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/SOLT2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
809 PM CDT FRI SEP 4 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* 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 7:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 25.8 FEET SUNDAY EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- 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 (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
PINE ISLAND BAYOU
SOUR LAKE 25.0 19.0 FRI 7 PM 23.5 25.8 24.7
LAT...LON 3012 9445 3024 9423 3021 9407 3013 9406
3004 9445
CALHOUN
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