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River Flood Warning 50, NWS New Orleans, LA

October 4, 2009St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2009, 9:55 PM CDT for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2009, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2009, 5:14 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County St. Mary Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Morgan City (MCGL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 12 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 Oct 4, 3:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 6:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 4, 4:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 4, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 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
Oct 4, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
Oct 4, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		55 min
Oct 4, 11:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Iberville	118 min
Oct 5, 12:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville	2 hr
Oct 5, 3:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Saint Tammany	2 hr
Oct 5, 3:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	92 min
Oct 5, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		54 min
Oct 5, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Oct 5, 8:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	83 min
Oct 5, 9:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	St. Mary	24 hr
Oct 5, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 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.