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River Flood Warning 45, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 7, 2009East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2009, 4:07 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 15, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2009, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
In effect from
May 15, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 13, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
29 days
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.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 6:45 PM CDT, 21 hours 22 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.