Elton, LA Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Calcasieu River near Kinder.

* WHEN...Until late Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, If gage reading at Kinder reaches 18 feet,
flooding begins to cut off some of the roads around Topsy in
Northwest Jefferson Davis Parish.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 18.1 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:15 PM CDT Saturday was 18.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late Tuesday evening and continue falling to 15.1 feet
Thursday evening.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue

Calcasieu River
Kinder         16.0  18.1  Sat 9 pm CDT 17.8  17.0  16.2


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