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River Flood Warning 19, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 19, 2020Saint Charles Parish, Saint James Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 19, 2020, 9:24 AM CST for Saint Charles Parish, Saint James Parish, Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 21, 2020, 10:20 PM CST. It was in force for 22 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2020, 9:24 AM CST (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2020, 10:20 PM CST
Expired: Mar 14, 2020, 8:44 PM CDT
In force: 22 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Reserve (RRVL1).

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 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 Feb 19, 4:28 AM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 4:28 AM CST, 4 hours 56 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
Feb 18, 6:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena and 5 more	12 hr
Feb 19, 3:12 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		27 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.