970
WGUS44 KLCH 081600
FLWLCH

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1000 AM CST Sat Mar 8 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 Sunday morning at 1100 AM CDT.

&&

LAC079-091600-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0032.250310T0000Z-250310T1800Z/
/GLML1.1.ER.250310T0000Z.250310T0000Z.250310T1200Z.NO/
1000 AM CST Sat Mar 8 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Calcasieu River near Glenmora.

* WHEN...From Sunday evening to early Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, When the river is rising and the gauge
  reading is forecast to reach 12 feet or higher. Roads upstream
  from Glenmora, including Strothers Crossing Road near the
  community of Calcasieu and Price Crossing Road near Hineston have
  water on them and are subject to being closed. Also, flooding of
  forested areas near the river will occur.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:45 AM CST Saturday the stage was 11.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.0
    feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage
    Monday morning.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (12 pm CST)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue

Calcasieu River
Glenmora       12.0  11.8  Sat 9 am CST 11.9  11.9  11.8


&&

LAT...LON 3115 9275 3105 9265 3090 9262 3090 9269
      3113 9279


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Rua