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River Flood Warning 17, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 7, 2020Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2020, 8:19 AM CST for Saint Helena Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2020, 8:19 AM CST (14:19 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2020, 7:18 PM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Saint Helena Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Tickfaw River at Liverpool (LPOL1). The gauge peaked at 9.20 ft at Feb 7, 2020, 5:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07375800, 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 7, 3:36 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:36 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 7:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXWashington38 hr
Feb 6, 9:05 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLIX18 hr
Feb 6, 10:15 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLIXSaint Bernard105 min
Feb 6, 10:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike10 hr

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.