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River Flood Warning 70, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 9, 2009Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 8:42 AM CST for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 3:36 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2009, 8:42 AM CST (14:42 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2009, 3:36 PM CST
Expired: Dec 9, 2009, 7:56 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Tangipahoa River at Robert (ROBL1). The gauge peaked at 14.72 ft at Dec 9, 2009, 7:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07375500, 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 Dec 8, 3:58 PM CST, 16 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:58 PM CST, 16 hours 44 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
Dec 8, 7:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	15 hr
Dec 9, 3:26 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		3 days
Dec 8, 9:12 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	43 hr
Dec 9, 10:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	21 hr

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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.