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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

757 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024



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

Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...



  Calcasieu River Near Oberlin



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.



The next statement will be issued Sunday morning at 800 AM CDT.



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LAC003-051300-

/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0073.240507T0000Z-240509T0000Z/

/OBCL1.1.ER.240507T0000Z.240507T0000Z.240508T1200Z.NO/

757 AM CDT Sat May 4 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY 

EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Calcasieu River near Oberlin.



* WHEN...From Monday evening to Wednesday evening.



* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding near the river will 

  occur.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 7:15 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 12.5 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0

    feet Monday evening. It will then fall below flood stage

    Wednesday morning.

  - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

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



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               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)     

Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue          



Calcasieu River

Oberlin        13.0  12.5  Sat 7 am CDT 12.6  12.8  13.0         





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LAT...LON 3078 9267 3058 9277 3058 9289 3071 9283

      3077 9273





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Cramer