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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

August 11, 201012 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 11, 2010, 5:10 AM CDT for 12 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 12, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2010, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2010, 3:51 AM CDT
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity
None

Counties Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 11, 4:54 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 4:54 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningLIXAssumption, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist21 hr
Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningLIXAssumption, Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist21 hr
Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningLIX21 hr
Aug 11, 3:45 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX15 hr
Aug 11, 4:23 PM CDTCoastal Flood StatementLIXSaint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist15 hr

Nearby

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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.