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River Flood Warning 28, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 28, 2009Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2009, 4:32 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2009, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2009, 4:32 AM CDT
In force
6 days
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 09:33 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).

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 Mar 28, 3:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 11:10 AM CDT, 17 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1110 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-
080>082-281615-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-
EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-
IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-
ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
1110 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE WEATHER...
THERE IS S MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 12 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE
THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREATS
ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AS
WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

HEAVY RAINFALL...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME AREAS MAY
RECEIVE UP TO THREE MORE INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
IF THIS RAIN FALLS DURING A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADWAYS WILL OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

MARINE HAZARDS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS AND
TIDAL LAKES. PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SWELL-ENHANCED SEA HEIGHTS
OF 6 TO 9 FEET...MAINLY BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES FROM SHORE.

COASTAL FLOODING...
STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE TODAY
AND HIGH TIDES COULD BE 2 TO 3 FEET HIGHER THAN NORMAL TODAY. A
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOUISIANA
AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS FOR DAYTIME HOURS TODAY.

RIVER FLOODING...
DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO
RISE OR REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MARINE HAZARDS...
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGE SWELL TO THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20
KNOTS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP SEA
HEIGHTS IN THE 6 TO 9 FOOT RANGE DURING THAT TIME. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

RIVER FLOODING...
SEVERAL LOCAL RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS WEEKEND.
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS...
ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BRING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND FIRST
RESPONDERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THREATS
THIS EVENING. PLEASE PASS ON ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING
REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

95/DM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
MSZ080>082-280630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1236 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE GULF...

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AND
DIME SIZED HAIL...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
LAZ036-037-047-048-050-MSZ069-070-280715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
112 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AFFECTING EAST
FELICIANA PARISH...LIVINGSTON PARISH...EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH...ST.
HELENA PARISH...WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH...PIKE COUNTY...AMITE
COUNTY...

AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY TO 9 MILES WEST OF PORT ALLEN...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FELPS AND CLINTON BY 120 AM...
  ZACHARY BY 125 AM...
  BAKER BY 135 AM...
  BRUSLY BY 140 AM...
  BATON ROUGE AND PORT ALLEN BY 145 AM...
  PRIDE BY 150 AM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana3 hr
Mar 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington54 min
Mar 27, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington65 min
Mar 27, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington62 min
Mar 27, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX28 min
Mar 27, 9:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington3 hr
Mar 27, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX22 min
Mar 27, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX63 min
Mar 27, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana115 min
Mar 28, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX92 min
Mar 28, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana31 min
Mar 28, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington6 hr
Mar 28, 12:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany59 hr
Mar 28, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX114 min
Mar 28, 8:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany15 hr
Mar 28, 12:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXLivingston4 days
Mar 28, 3:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston3 days
Mar 28, 3:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge4 days
Mar 27, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite40 min
Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike31 min
Mar 27, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall66 min
Mar 27, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike28 min
Mar 27, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWilkinson24 min
Mar 27, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson34 min
Mar 27, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWilkinson31 min
Mar 27, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson59 min
Mar 28, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite14 min
Mar 28, 12:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson6 hr
Mar 28, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson39 min
Mar 28, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike31 min
Mar 28, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall46 min
Mar 28, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson13 min
Mar 28, 7:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.