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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

248 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024



...The National Weather Service in Lake Charles LA has issued a 

Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...



  West Fork of The Calcasieu River At Sam Houston Jones SP



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.



The next statement will be issued Tuesday afternoon at 300 PM CDT.



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248 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...West Fork of The Calcasieu River at Sam Houston Jones SP.



* WHEN...From late Tuesday night to early Saturday afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 5.0 feet, Low spots on South Perkins Ferry Road have 

  water on it. Water is over some boat docks on South Perkins Ferry 

  Road and over boat ramps at Sam Houston Jones State Park. 

  Extensive marshland flooding will occur upstream and downstream 

  from the park.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 2:01 PM CDT Monday the stage was 3.8 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    early Wednesday morning to a crest of 5.5 feet Thursday

    morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday

    afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 5.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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  Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)

Location                     Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Tue   Wed   Thu



West Fork of The Calcasieu River

Sam Houston Jones SP         5.0   3.8   Mon 2 pm CDT 4.8   5.2   5.5





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LAT...LON 3032 9323 3028 9323 3028 9331 3030 9332

      3032 9329





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