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River Flood Warning 31, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 18, 2020Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2020, 11:26 AM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 22, 2020, 8:14 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2020, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2020, 8:14 PM CDT
Expired: May 9, 2020, 7:38 PM CDT
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Pearl River (PERL1). The gauge peaked at 16.81 ft at May 3, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02492600, 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 Apr 18, 4:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 4:47 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 18, 7:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 8:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 10:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 11:05 AM CDT, 21 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
Apr 18, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Apr 18, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
Apr 18, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		56 min
Apr 18, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		61 min
Apr 18, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
Apr 18, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Helena	52 min
Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		86 min
Apr 18, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		52 min
Apr 18, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		54 min
Apr 18, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jefferson, Terrebonne	36 min
Apr 18, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		34 min
Apr 18, 9:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		63 min
Apr 18, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jefferson	59 min
Apr 18, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		24 min
Apr 18, 9:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		37 min
Apr 18, 10:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		23 min
Apr 18, 10:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		37 min
Apr 18, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jefferson	65 min
Apr 18, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		26 min
Apr 18, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		27 min
Apr 18, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Plaquemines	40 min
Apr 18, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Apr 18, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Assumption	29 min
Apr 18, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Assumption, Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint James	24 min
Apr 18, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Lafourche	25 min
Apr 18, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist	57 min
Apr 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		24 min
Apr 18, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Terrebonne	62 min
Apr 18, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Charles	24 min
Apr 18, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Lafourche	23 min
Apr 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		56 min
Apr 18, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
Apr 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Ascension	27 min
Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Iberville, West Baton Rouge	31 min
Apr 18, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa	50 min
Apr 18, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pearl River	30 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.