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River Flood Warning 31, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 19, 20184 parishes in Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2018, 11:32 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 19, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2018, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at New Orleans (NORL1).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 20 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 Mar 19, 11:02 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 11:02 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 5:10 AM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 6:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 19, 8:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 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
Mar 19, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Terrebonne	57 min
Mar 19, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Terrebonne	34 min
Mar 19, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Lafourche, Terrebonne	48 min
Mar 19, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Terrebonne	25 min
Mar 19, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche	31 min
Mar 19, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Mar 19, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Plaquemines	53 min
Mar 19, 4:11 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		8 hr
Mar 19, 4:38 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Saint Bernard	4 hr
Mar 19, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Iberville	8 days
Mar 19, 4:04 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		42 hr
Mar 19, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	23 min
Mar 19, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite	62 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.