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River Flood Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 2, 2020East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 2, 2020, 9:07 PM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 166 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2020, 9:07 PM CST (03:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jun 25, 2020, 9:35 PM CDT
In force: 166 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Red River Landing (RRLL1).

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 48 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 64 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 2, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 8:19 PM CST, 48 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
Jan 2, 8:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Baton Rouge	56 min
Jan 3, 3:06 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		39 min
Jan 3, 4:14 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		32 hr
Jan 2, 7:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pike	2 hr
Jan 2, 9:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	58 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.