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River Flood Warning 101, NWS New Orleans, LA

July 12, 2019East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Jul 12, 2019, 5:26 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jul 14, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2019, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 14, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2019, 2:39 PM CDT
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Comite River near Olive Branch (OLVL1).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07377500, 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 Jul 12, 1:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge4 days
Jul 12, 12:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXIberville6 days
Jul 12, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge33 hr
Jul 12, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Livingston21 days
Jul 12, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge21 days
Jul 12, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXAscension, Livingston21 days
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Helena5 days
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXLivingston21 days
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Helena21 days
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa4 days
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa21 days
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXTangipahoa3 days
Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany4 days
Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany21 days
Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany4 days
Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany21 days
Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Tammany21 days
Jul 12, 4:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXWashington21 days
Jul 12, 5:11 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLIXSaint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist62 hr
Jul 12, 5:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLIXSaint Bernard, Washington33 hr
Jul 12, 5:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Helena27 hr
Jul 11, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXWilkinson29 min
Jul 12, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXJackson41 min
Jul 12, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike4 days
Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike, Walthall3 days
Jul 12, 12:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPearl River63 hr
Jul 12, 12:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPearl River3 days
Jul 12, 12:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison5 days
Jul 12, 12:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison3 days
Jul 12, 12:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.