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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 21, 201713 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 21, 2017, 3:48 AM CDT for 13 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at May 22, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2017, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 23, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity
None

Counties Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson 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 20, 9:36 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:36 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX28 min
May 20, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX49 min
May 20, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX65 min
May 21, 6:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany52 hr
May 21, 10:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXPlaquemines63 min
May 21, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAssumption, Lafourche64 min
May 21, 3:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXJefferson, Lafourche, Terrebonne58 min
May 21, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPointe Coupee55 min
May 21, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge38 min
May 21, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX66 min
May 21, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Feliciana43 min
May 21, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX43 min
May 21, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Helena43 min
May 21, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWashington27 min
May 21, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX50 min
May 21, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX63 min
May 20, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock45 min
May 20, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHarrison46 min
May 20, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHarrison, Jackson62 min
May 21, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXPike, Walthall46 min
May 21, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall29 min
May 21, 9:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHarrison, Jackson36 min
May 21, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAmite48 min
May 21, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAmite41 min
May 21, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike36 min
May 21, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAmite41 min
May 21, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWilkinson49 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.