River Forecast
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
086 FGUS54 KORN 211428 RVFLCH River Forecast National Weather Service NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center; Slidell, LA 1427 GMT FRI AUG 21 2026 This is a NWS guidance product from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. Public forecasts and warnings are issued by NWS Weather Forecast Offices. : Forecast Group is Lower Red : : Forecasts include 24 - hours of future rainfall in 6 hour increments : : :************************************************************ :ALEXANDRIA, LA - RED RIVER :ACTION STAGE 28.0 FT MINOR FLOOD STAGE 32.0 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 36.0 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 40.0 FT : :LATEST RIVER STAGE 20.3 FT AT 1300 Z ON AUG 21 .ER AEXL1 0821 Z DC202608211427/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 20.3 / 20.3 / 20.4 .E2 : 0822 : / 20.4 / 20.3 / 20.3 / 20.3 .E3 : 0823 : / 20.3 / 20.3 / 20.2 / 20.2 .E4 : 0824 : / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.2 .E5 : 0825 : / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.2 .E6 : 0826 : / 20.2 .ER AEXL1 0821 Z DC202608211427/DH18/PPQFZ/DIH6 :QPF FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 0.00 / 0.33 / 0.05 .E2 : 0822 : / 0.00 .ER AEXL1 0821 Z DC202608211427/DH18/PPDFZ/DIH24/0.38 : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : :************************************************************ :ALEXANDRIA, LA - RED RIVER :ACTION STAGE Missing MINOR FLOOD STAGE Missing :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE Missing MAJOR FLOOD STAGE Missing : :LATEST ESTIMATED RIVER DISCHARGE 7.23 KCFS AT 1200 Z ON AUG 21 : Model Simulated Inflows .ER AEXL1 20260820 Z DC202608211427/DH18/QRIPZ/DIH6 :FLOW OBS / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z .E1 : 0820 : / 7.53E / 7.42E / 7.32E / 7.23E : .ER AEXL1 0821 Z DC202608211427/DH18/QRIFFZZ/DIH6 :FLOW FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 7.13 / 7.05 / 6.98 .E2 : 0822 : / 6.91 / 6.85 / 6.81 / 6.78 .E3 : 0823 : / 6.74 / 6.69 / 6.62 / 6.55 .E4 : 0824 : / 6.47 / 6.39 / 6.30 / 6.22 .E5 : 0825 : / 6.12 / 6.02 / 5.93 / 5.84 .E6 : 0826 : / 5.75 .ER AEXL1 0821 Z DC202608211427/DH18/PPQFZ/DIH6 :QPF FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 0.00 / 0.33 / 0.05 .E2 : 0822 : / 0.00 .ER AEXL1 0821 Z DC202608211427/DH18/PPDFZ/DIH24/0.38 : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :******************************************************************* : .AR ORN 0821 DT202608211427/YIIRZ 7 : MJC : $$ : :...END of MESSAGE...