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River Flood Warning 54, NWS New Orleans, LA

October 16, 2009Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 16, 2009, 11:36 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 19, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2009, 11:36 AM CDT (16:36 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 19, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 29, 2009, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Pearl River (PERL1). The gauge peaked at 14.89 ft at Oct 21, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02492600, 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 16, 8:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 8:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 11:34 AM CDT, 2 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 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena	2 hr
Oct 15, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Washington	34 min
Oct 15, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Washington	3 hr
Oct 15, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		53 min
Oct 15, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		48 min
Oct 16, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Oct 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Oct 16, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Saint Charles	38 min
Oct 16, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		56 min
Oct 16, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Assumption	48 min
Oct 16, 7:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	24 hr
Oct 15, 7:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Pearl River	111 min
Oct 15, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	115 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2009 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.