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River Flood Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 5, 2008Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2008, 12:16 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2008, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2008, 9:19 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Biloxi River near Wortham (BLWM6). The gauge peaked at 17.65 ft at Apr 5, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02481000, 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 Apr 5, 6:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 11:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 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
Apr 4, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	24 min
Apr 5, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles	67 min
Apr 5, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		97 min
Apr 5, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Bernard	38 min
Apr 5, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Terrebonne	56 min
Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		83 min
Apr 5, 6:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		91 min
Apr 5, 7:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		86 min
Apr 5, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		93 min
Apr 5, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		89 min
Apr 4, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	39 min
Apr 5, 2:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	6 hr
Apr 5, 2:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	52 hr
Apr 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	4 hr
Apr 5, 7:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	34 hr
Apr 5, 7:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	27 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.