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River Flood Warning 44, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 4, 2009East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2009, 3:17 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 5, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2009, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 43 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Red River Landing (RRLL1).

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 48 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 64 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 4, 2:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 2:33 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 9:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 9:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 10:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 11:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 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 3, 11:14 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		11 hr
May 4, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	32 min
May 4, 5:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa and 1 more	73 days
May 4, 6:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	37 min
May 4, 6:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Tammany, West Baton Rouge	76 days
May 4, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint James and 1 more	53 min
May 4, 6:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Washington	32 min
May 4, 7:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Saint James	46 min
May 4, 7:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston, Tangipahoa	31 min
May 4, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	55 min
May 4, 7:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	35 min
May 4, 8:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	33 min
May 4, 8:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Washington, West Baton Rouge	83 days
May 4, 8:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	38 min
May 4, 9:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Assumption, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	83 days
May 4, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Assumption	22 min
May 4, 10:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LIX	Assumption, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	4 hr
May 4, 10:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines	47 min
May 4, 11:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Assumption, Lafourche, Saint Tammany, Terrebonne	84 days
May 4, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		88 min
May 4, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		91 min
May 4, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	31 min

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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.