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River Flood Warning 15, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 9, 2013Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2013, 9:37 PM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 9, 2013, 10:47 PM CST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2013, 9:37 PM CST (03:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2013, 10:47 PM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2013, 1:24 PM CST
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Bogue Chitto River near Tylertown (TYTM6). The gauge peaked at 15.50 ft at Jan 10, 2013, 3:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02490500, 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 Jan 9, 9:33 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 9:33 PM CST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 6:24 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
624 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577-LAZ034>037-
039-040-046>050-056>072-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-101230-
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
LAKE BORGNE-CHANDELEUR SOUND-BRETON SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BOOTHVILLE LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT FOURCHON TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TO PORT FOURCHON FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM STAKE ISLAND LA TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO STAKE ISLAND LA FROM 20 TO
60 NM-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
624 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND PEARL RIVER
AND HANCOCK COUNTIES ACROSS THE PEARL RIVER. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO AREAS EAST OF I 55 TONIGHT AND IT
WAS THESE AREAS THAT RECEIVED TORRENTIAL RAINS LAST NIGHT AND THIS
COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

A WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO STRADDLE THE LOUISIANA COAST...COOL
NEAR SHORE WATERS AND COOL TIDAL LAKES HAVE CREATED DENSE SEA FOG
ACROSS NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA...TIDAL LAKES AND NEAR SHORE WATERS.
THEREFORE...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST
HALF OF THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA...LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...LAKE
BORGNE AND ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT.

MANY AREA RIVERS HAVE RISEN AND ARE APPROACHING BANKFULL OR ARE
ALREADY IN FLOOD. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
SOME SECTIONS OF RIVERS TO RISE TO MINOR AND MODERATE FLOOD STAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BECOME WIDESPREAD ON
THURSDAY THEN TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON
THURSDAY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE VERY HIGH
IN THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER SHOWERS...SO AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE
REPEAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL HAVE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS...THERE MAY BE A THREAT OF
DENSE FOG DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OR
FLOODING OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 8:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Helena47 hr
Jan 9, 9:07 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany5 days
Jan 9, 11:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLIXIberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge3 hr
Jan 10, 6:27 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXWashington55 hr
Jan 10, 6:58 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafourche and 9 more9 hr
Jan 10, 7:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX107 min
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville29 min
Jan 10, 7:50 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge25 min
Jan 10, 8:15 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAscension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston30 min
Jan 10, 8:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLIXAscension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Saint James and 1 more5 hr
Jan 10, 8:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX2 hr
Jan 10, 8:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLIXAssumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne4 hr
Jan 10, 9:00 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX106 min
Jan 10, 9:21 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX114 min
Jan 10, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTerrebonne30 min
Jan 10, 9:35 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington115 min
Jan 10, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa15 min
Jan 10, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXLafourche, Terrebonne30 min
Jan 10, 10:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines66 min
Jan 10, 10:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX91 min
Jan 10, 10:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXAscension, Livingston7 days
Jan 10, 10:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLIXLafourche, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist115 min
Jan 10, 10:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX86 min
Jan 10, 10:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa9 hr
Jan 10, 11:18 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPlaquemines, Saint Bernard27 min
Jan 10, 11:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany23 hr
Jan 10, 11:35 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX55 min
Jan 10, 12:02 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXLivingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington4 hr
Jan 10, 12:06 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard and 2 more4 hr
Jan 10, 12:11 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines4 hr
Jan 10, 12:18 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX56 min
Jan 10, 1:13 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLIX92 min
Jan 10, 2:39 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXLivingston6 days
Jan 10, 5:32 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXAscension, Livingston8 days
Jan 9, 8:54 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike23 hr
Jan 10, 9:37 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXPearl River10 hr
Jan 10, 11:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall16 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Every 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.