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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 16, 2015Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 16, 2015, 11:24 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2015, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2015, 3:17 PM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River 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 May 16, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 10:38 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1038 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW LYMAN              30.52N 89.15W
05/16/2015                   HARRISON           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON SOUTHERN
            SHAW RD JUST NORTH OF HWY 53.

1020 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NW LYMAN              30.52N 89.15W
05/16/2015  M8.41 INCH       HARRISON           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AN OBSERVER FOR HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN
            THE NW PART OF THE COUNTY REPORTS 8.41 INCHES OF RAIN FOR
            THE DAY

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AK

Local storm report, May 16, 11:07 PM CDT, 17 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 17, 3:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	33 min
May 17, 4:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	27 min
May 17, 4:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	26 min
May 17, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa	25 min
May 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	118 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	3 hr
May 16, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	65 hr
May 16, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	38 hr
May 16, 11:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	8 hr
May 16, 11:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	69 hr
May 16, 11:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	3 hr
May 17, 4:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	41 hr
May 17, 4:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	51 hr
May 17, 10:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	7 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.