Alert archive / Louisiana / River Flood Watches in 2016

River Flood Watch 4, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 8, 2016Iberville Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood watch at Jan 8, 2016, 2:58 PM CST for Iberville Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 19, 2016, 3:28 AM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2016, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2016, 3:28 AM CST
Expired: Jan 25, 2016, 3:28 AM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Iberville Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrel Lock (BSRL1).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 30 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 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 river flood watch went out at Jan 8, 12:39 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 12:39 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 2:46 PM CST, 12 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 8:32 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Bernard and 7 more	13 hr
Jan 7, 8:43 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		13 hr
Jan 8, 2:09 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		13 hr
Jan 8, 2:19 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, Saint Bernard, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	13 hr
Jan 8, 3:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Iberville	21 days
Jan 7, 6:57 PM CST	Coastal Flood Statement	LIX		5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2016 Every river flood watch in 2016

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.