[gpapa]

Calcasieu River at Salt Water Barrier [above Lake Charles; not good]
http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lch&gage=lchl1&view=1,1,1,1,1,1

ps. any word about conditions at Fort Polk, LA?

[Cboldt]

Calcasieu River at Salt Water Barrier [above Lake Charles; not good]

6 to 9 feet above flood stage. Upstream is forcast above flood too, for the next two days.

[jeffers]

No hard news on Polk, did you get my earlier post on that? Big wind at Lufkin and Nacadoches...not far away but hopefully far enough.

[conservative in nyc]

The worst storm-surge related flooding in Lake Charles should be over. The water at the USG gage there topped at 8.61 feet ASL at 12 Noon. It was down to 7.71 feet ASL as of 4PM. Here's the daily chart (ignore the sudden dip down - the gage was out for a few hours around 4AM):