469
WGUS84 KLCH 171620
FLSLCH

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
Issued by National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1120 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Louisiana...Texas...

  Sabine River Near Burkeville

For the Sabine River...including Burkeville, Bon Wier, Deweyville,
RAINBOW BRIDGE, Orange, Port Arthur, SABINE PASS NORTH...Moderate
flooding is forecast.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Saturday morning at 1130 AM CDT.

&&

LAC115-TXC351-181630-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FL.W.0086.000000T0000Z-240522T1800Z/
/BRVT2.1.ER.240514T1620Z.240517T1800Z.240522T0600Z.UU/
1120 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sabine River near Burkeville.

* WHEN...Until early Wednesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 36.0 feet, Residential flooding in the River Bend
  Subdivision occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 37.3 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 10:15 AM CDT Friday was 37.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 37.3
    feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
    early Wednesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 36.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

            Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location    Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sat   Sun   Mon

Sabine River
Burkeville  36.0  37.3  Fri 10 am CD 37.2  36.7  36.4


&&

LAT...LON 3122 9348 3102 9346 3081 9350 3083 9362
      3101 9363 3121 9360


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