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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

939 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



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

Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...



  Calcasieu River Near Glenmora



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.



The next statement will be issued Monday evening at 945 PM CDT.



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LAC079-080245-

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/GLML1.1.ER.250407T1030Z.250409T0600Z.250411T1500Z.NO/

939 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Calcasieu River near Glenmora.



* WHEN...From late tonight to Friday afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Some roads upstream from Glenmora, 

  including Strothers Crossing Road near the community of Calcasieu 

  and Price Crossing Road near Hineston have two to three feet of 

  water over the road and are subject to being closed. Flooding of 

  forested areas near the river will also occur.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 8:45 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 11.2 feet.

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

    late tonight to a crest of 13.5 feet early Wednesday morning.

    It will then fall below flood stage late Friday morning.

  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.

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



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               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)     

Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Mon   Tue   Wed          



Calcasieu River

Glenmora       12.0  11.2  Sun 8 pm CDT 12.8  13.4  13.4         





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LAT...LON 3115 9275 3105 9265 3090 9262 3090 9269

      3113 9279





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