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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
816 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER AFFECTING JASPER,
JEFFERSON, HARDIN AND ORANGE COUNTIES.
PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND HARDIN
COUNTIES.
..THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS
VILLAGE CREEK NEAR KOUNTZE AFFECTING HARDIN COUNTY.
FOR THE NECHES RIVER...INCLUDING TOWN BLUFF, EVADALE, NECHES RIVER
SALTWATER BARRIER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE VILLAGE CREEK...INCLUDING KOUNTZE...MINOR 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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 215 PM CDT.
TXC199-245-061915-
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816 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PINE ISLAND BAYOU NEAR SOUR LAKE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY EVENING.
* 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 SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 25.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 26.1 FEET
TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 26.0
FEET ON 01/29/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
PINE ISLAND BAYOU
SOUR LAKE 25.0 25.5 SAT 7 PM 26.0 24.1 21.6
LAT...LON 3012 9445 3024 9423 3021 9407 3013 9406
3004 9445
TXC199-061915-
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/KOUT2.2.ER.260902T2247Z.260904T0815Z.260906T1830Z.NO/
816 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...VILLAGE CREEK NEAR KOUNTZE.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.4 FEET, THE WATER WILL BE AT THE LOW CHORD OF
HIGHWAY 418.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:30 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 20.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.0 FEET THURSDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.3
FEET ON 03/07/1992.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
VILLAGE CREEK
KOUNTZE 17.0 19.3 SAT 7 PM 15.9 10.5 7.6
LAT...LON 3048 9433 3050 9423 3026 9404 3016 9414
3033 9433
TXC199-241-245-361-061915-
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816 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, COLLIERS FERRY PARK IS UNDER WATER, AND
FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:15 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 5.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 5.7 FEET
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
- 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 (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TU
NECHES RIVER
NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRI 4.0 5.1 SAT 7 PM 5.6 5.3 3
LAT...LON 3033 9404 3018 9402 3004 9378 2992 9387
2998 9406 3008 9413 3033 9421
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