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River Flood Warning 82, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 24, 2015Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 7:49 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 8:28 AM CST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 7:49 AM CST (13:49 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 25, 2015, 8:28 AM CST
Expired: Jan 5, 2016, 1:18 AM CST
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Bogalusa (BXAL1). The gauge peaked at 20.21 ft at Dec 31, 2015, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02489500, 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 Dec 23, 3:58 PM CST, 15 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 3:58 PM CST, 15 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 4:58 PM CST, 14 hours 51 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
Dec 23, 9:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	24 hr
Dec 24, 6:10 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		65 min
Dec 24, 6:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	39 hr
Dec 24, 8:07 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		23 min
Dec 24, 9:27 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	LIX		12 hr
Dec 24, 2:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	46 days
Dec 24, 5:47 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		15 hr
Dec 24, 5:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more	15 hr
Dec 24, 8:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	65 min

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.