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River Flood Warning 19, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 24, 2008East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 31, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2008, 10:08 AM CDT
In force: 48 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Baton Rouge (BTRL1).

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 24, 3:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 4:25 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LIX	Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more	11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.