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River Flood Warning 40, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 25, 2015East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2015, 6:22 AM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jun 2, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2015, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 2, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Red River Landing (RRLL1).

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 48 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 64 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 25, 4:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:47 PM CDT, 15 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
247 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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>082-250800-
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-
247 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
TO QUARTER SIZE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BECOMING
MORE SCATTERED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME... A FEW STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. THE
PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED DURING THIS TORNADO WATCH
THROUGH 8PM. BEYOND THIS EVENING... NO ACTIVATION ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Iberville	29 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana	42 min
May 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Orleans	46 min
May 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	34 min
May 25, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans	3 hr
May 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		31 min
May 25, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		54 min
May 25, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		35 min
May 25, 11:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Plaquemines	33 min
May 25, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		36 min
May 25, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Helena	26 min
May 24, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite	14 min
May 25, 12:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	44 hr

Nearby

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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.