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River Flood Warning 72, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 20, 2013St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2013, 1:09 PM CDT for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 31, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2013, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 26, 2013, 11:01 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County St. Mary Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Morgan City (MCGL1).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 12 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 Mar 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 20 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 20 hours 49 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
Mar 20, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		66 min
Mar 20, 3:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		9 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.