446  
WGUS44 KLCH 161547  
FLWLCH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
1047 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...  
 
CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR SALT WATER BARRIER  
 
FOR THE CALCASIEU RIVER...INCLUDING GLENMORA, OAKDALE, OBERLIN,  
KINDER, WHITE OAK PARK, SALT WATER BARRIER...MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
LAC019-171600-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0052.240418T0000Z-240420T1500Z/  
/LCHL1.1.ER.240418T0000Z.240419T0000Z.240420T0300Z.NO/  
1047 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR SALT WATER BARRIER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A  
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 4.2 FEET THURSDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI  
 
CALCASIEU RIVER  
SALT WATER BARRIE 4.0 3.5 TUE 5 AM CDT 3.8 4.0 3.9  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3036 9309 3029 9303 3014 9328 3017 9335  
3035 9332  
 

 
 
MC  
 
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