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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 20, 202012 parishes in Louisiana; Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood watch at Sep 20, 2020, 3:34 PM CDT for 12 parishes in Louisiana; Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Sep 20, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2020, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 20, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 23, 2020, 10:19 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
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, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite 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 Sep 19, 4:08 PM CDT, 23 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 4:08 PM CDT, 23 hours 26 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
Sep 20, 9:58 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist	50 hr
Sep 20, 9:58 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LIX	Saint Bernard, Saint John the Baptist	4 days
Sep 20, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		61 min
Sep 20, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
Sep 20, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		63 min
Sep 20, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		55 min
Sep 20, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		61 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.