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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1026 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026

...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.

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LAC079-131600-
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/GLML1.1.ER.260312T1800Z.260314T0600Z.260316T0000Z.NO/
1026 AM CDT Thu Mar 12 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Calcasieu River near Glenmora.

* WHEN...Until early Monday morning.

* 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 CDT Thursday the stage was 12.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this afternoon to a crest of 12.5 feet early Saturday
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday evening.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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

Calcasieu River
Glenmora       12.0  12.0  Thu 9 am CDT 12.4  12.4  12.1


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


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