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River Flood Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 2, 2008Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Aug 2, 2008, 8:46 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 2, 2008, 9:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2008, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 2, 2008, 9:30 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 2, 2008, 5:11 PM CDT
In force: 8 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 13:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Biloxi River near Lyman (LYMM6).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02481130, 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 Aug 2, 3:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 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	Lasted
Aug 2, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	54 min
Aug 2, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	77 min
Aug 2, 7:23 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	52 min
Aug 2, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	37 min

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.