Tide Station (LCH) at Lake Charles

The past week

What floods at each level

• 10 ft

  FLOODING BEGINS TO OVERTOP THE AREA AROUND THE PITHON COULEE PUMP STATION.

• 9.5 ft

  WATER LEVELS ARE NEAR THOSE REACHED WITH THE STORM SURGE FROM HURRICANE IKE IN 2008. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH LAKE CHARLES...MUCH OF WEST LAKE...AND PORTIONS OF SULPHUR ALONG BAYOU D'INDE. INTERSTATE 10 BEGINS TO FLOOD NEAR SULPHUR. PORTIONS OF CARLYSS ARE FLOODED AS WELL.

• 8.5 ft

  WATER LEVELS ARE NEAR THOSE REACHED DURING THE STORM SURGE FROM HURRICANE RITA IN 2005. WIDSPREAD FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER AND THE MANY COULEES AND BAYOUS THAT CONNECT TO THE RIVER. MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS IN LAKE CHARLES...WEST LAKE AND PORTIONS OF SULPHUR ALONG BAYOU D'INDE.

• 7.8 ft

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING BEGINS IN LAKE CHARLES ALONG THE CALCASIEU RIVER SOUTH OF THE SALT WATER BARRIER AND THE MANY COULEES AND BAYOUS THAT CONNECT TO CALCASIEU RIVER. FLOODING BEGINS TO OVERTOP THE SEAWALL IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES. FLOODING ALSO OCCURS IN WEST LAKE AND PORTIONS OF SULPHUR AND CARLYSS.

• 5 ft

  AROUND 5 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO BACKUP INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF LAKE CHARLES THROUGH THE STORM WATER RUNOFF SYSTEM.

• 3 ft

  SEVERAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES HAVE WATER OVER THEM. RIVER ROAD IN NORTHERN LAKE CHARLES AND MIMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE HAVE CONSIDERABLE FLOODING. THE I-10 BEACH AT LAKE CHARLES IS FLOODED.

• 2.5 ft

  FLOODING OCCURS AROUND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE CALCASIEU RIVER AND THE LAKE. SOME OF THE ROADS THAT HAVE WATER ON THEM...ARE RIVER ROAD IN NORTHERN LAKE CHARLES AND MIMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE. THE BOAT LAUNCH AT I-10 IS FLOODED.

• 2 ft

  SOME LOW SPOTS ON RIVER ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• -1

  Navigation for larger ships becomes difficult up the ship channel. Smaller craft may have difficulty navigating outside of the main channel on area lakes.

• -2

  Larger ships may not be able to navigate the ship channel. Smaller Craft will have difficulty navigating the area lakes outside the main channel.

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