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River Flood Warning 29, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 26, 2015East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2015, 12:41 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 29, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2015, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 8, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 Apr 26, 12:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 12:29 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 11:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 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	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	67 min
Apr 26, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	58 min
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX	62 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.