Flood Warning issued October 12 at 9:21PM CDT until October 17 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
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...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Louisiana... Calcasieu River near White Oak Park affecting Calcasieu Parish. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Louisiana... Calcasieu River Near Salt Water Barrier affecting Calcasieu Parish. ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Texas... Neches River at Neches River Saltwater Barrier affecting Jasper, Orange, Hardin and Jefferson Counties. For the Calcasieu River...including Glenmora, Oakdale, Oberlin, Kinder, White Oak Park, Salt Water Barrier...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Calcasieu River near Salt Water Barrier. * WHEN...Until Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...At 4.0 feet, Minor marshland flooding occurs. Flooding also begins on River Road in north Lake Charles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:45 PM CDT Monday the stage was 1.8 feet. - Forecast...The river will oscillate around flood stage with a maximum value of 4.1 feet just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 4.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- LA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Calcasieu, LA
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-12T21:21:00-05:00
- states
- ["LA"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-12T21:21:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c39b0a475d4541f891e248563cc28d2eb7d8526.003.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f1538ea86fecb1810e6746fdff8521e0ac6e09e1.002.1"]
- instruction
- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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