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River Flood Warning 50, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 21, 2008East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2008, 10:36 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 30, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 78 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2008, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 30, 2008, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

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 May 21, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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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.