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River Flood Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 27, 2018Ascension Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 27, 2018, 11:44 AM CST for Ascension Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 6, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 26 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2018, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Apr 1, 2018, 12:29 PM CDT
In force
26 days
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Ascension Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Donaldsonville (DONL1).

Action stage
25 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
34 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 Feb 26, 3:41 PM CST, 20 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:41 PM CST, 20 hours 3 minutes before
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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.