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River Flood Warning 38, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 4, 2008Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2008, 4:52 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 4, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2008, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 4, 2008, 8:24 AM CDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Bogue Chitto River near Bush (BSHL1). The gauge peaked at 11.00 ft at May 4, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02492000, 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 May 4, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
340 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2008

.SHORT AND LONG TERM...
RELATIVELY QUIET WEEK AHEAD WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY
CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL
ONLY HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE BUT NO REAL ORGANIZED SYSTEMS TO FOCUS
UPON. GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS FLOW BECOMES
ONSHORE BY MID-WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS EXCEPT BRIEF MVFR FOG NEAR
DAYBREAK AT KMCB.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS WILL START WITH A NORTHERLY COMPONENT TODAY AND VEER TO
EASTERLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THEN SOUTHERLY BY MID-WEEK AND
BEYOND. RELATIVELY LOW SEA STATE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED AT MILLION DOLLAR
ROAD ABOVE COVINGTON AND A CREST OF AROUND 14 FEET SEEMS ON TRACK
AT BOSTON STREET. THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER AT HWY 190 LOOKS TO BE
CRESTING AT THIS TIME NEAR 25 FEET. THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER APPEARS
TO BE CRESTING AT ALL LOCATIONS INCLUDING ROBERT AT 17.1 FEET. THE
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RIVERS SHOULD BE DROPPING BELOW FLOOD
STAGES DURING THE DAY TODAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  80  53  82  54 /   0   0   0   0
BTR  80  55  84  56 /   0   0   0   0
MSY  80  62  82  62 /   0   0   0   0
GPT  79  55  81  56 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...NONE.
MS...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 11:30 AM CDT, 17 hours 22 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
May 4, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	12 hr

Nearby

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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.