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River Flood Warning 44, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 23, 2017Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2017, 8:24 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2017, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2017, 9:28 AM CDT
In force: 47 hr
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).

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 May 23, 8:20 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:20 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 12:07 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 4:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 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
May 24, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		83 min
May 24, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2017 River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.