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River Flood Warning 104, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 3, 2013East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2013, 1:18 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 11, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2013, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2013, 9:20 PM CDT
In force: 20 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.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 2, 4:35 PM CDT, 20 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:35 PM CDT, 20 hours 43 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
May 3, 1:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.