Disasters · Calcasieu RiverWhite Oak Park flood warning extended through late Friday nightAired November 4, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTCWritten November 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07The Calcasieu River reached its two-foot flood stage.0:11Forecasters have extended the warning near White Oak Park through late Friday night,0:16with Goose Ferry Road identified as vulnerable to minor flooding, but that river0:20measurement came Sunday.0:22The practical question now is whether the road has actually flooded and whether the0:27warning has changed again.0:28The warning covers the river near White Oak Park in Louisiana's Calcasieu Parish.0:34At that location, the National Weather Service sets flood stage at two feet.0:39Its impact statement identifies minor flooding of Goose Ferry Road when the river0:44reaches that level.0:45The Weather Service extended the warning Tuesday morning, November third.0:50The new wording forecasts minor flooding and carries the warning into late Friday0:54night.0:55That moves the stated end beyond the Wednesday noon deadline in the earlier notices,1:00giving people using the road a longer period of concern.1:03The original warning pointed to noon Wednesday, November fourth.1:07Tuesday's extension moved that stated end to late Friday night.1:12That means midnight as Saturday, November7 th begins.1:16The river has moved above and below its flood threshold during the sequence.1:22Sunday's original warning described minor flooding as occurring.1:26It also predicted a maximum of two point one feet Monday morning.1:31That number was a forecast.1:32The river measured two feet Sunday morning, then one point two feet that evening.1:37By Monday morning, it measured one point eight feet.1:41That was two tenths of a foot below flood stage.1:44Those observations show the river wasn't continuously above the threshold.1:48Monday's update also lowered the predicted maximum from two point one feet to two1:53feet over the next several days.1:55Forecasters expected the river to move up and down around flood stage.1:59Tuesday's extension again forecast minor flooding without a newer confirmed2:04numerical crest or crest time.2:07Goose Ferry Road is the specific access concern.2:10The Weather Service's two-foot impact statement describes minor flooding expected at2:15that river level.2:17Drivers still need actual road conditions to know whether they can get through.2:21A newer White Oak Park reading puts the river above the threshold again, but the2:26figure hasn't been confirmed against the primary gauge feed.2:29The reported level was two point one four feet late Tuesday night.2:33That's fourteen hundredths of a foot above flood stage.2:36Several hours White Oak Park's reported two point one four feet, and Goose Ferry2:41Road's reported one point eight eight feet came from different gauges at different2:45times.2:46The Goose Ferry Road gauge had risen a quarter foot in twenty-four hours.2:50These measurements can't be substituted for each other.2:52The White Oak Park observation belongs to Tuesday night, before the Wednesday check.2:58It was about four hours and ten minutes old at that point.3:02Both newer readings are dated secondary gauge reports.3:05They provide context for the river's movement while leaving its exact level at the3:10check time uncertain.3:11The warning's message expiration is separate from its stated duration.3:16Earlier notices paired shorter message lifetimes with a Wednesday noon warning end.3:21Tuesday's extension pairs a Wednesday morning message expiration with a warning3:26duration reaching the start of Saturday.3:28Those separate fields explain why choosing an old expiration timestamp can't settle3:33whether the flood hazard ended.3:35One secondary listing also mixed details from different updates.3:39Tuesday's confirmed extension provides is the clearer change in the warning3:43timeline.3:43Tuesday's extension covers the early Wednesday check and states a duration through3:48late Friday night.3:49Whether the warning has since been revised is still unclear.3:52Goose Ferry Road's actual condition, including whether water is covering it or it's3:58closed, remains unconfirmed.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
