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River Flood Warning 53, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 13, 2022Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2022, 10:04 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 16, 2022, 10:30 PM CST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2022, 10:04 AM CST (16:04 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2022, 10:30 PM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2022, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Bogalusa (BXAL1). The gauge peaked at 20.18 ft at Dec 21, 2022, 4:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02489500, 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 Dec 13, 3:45 AM CST, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 3:45 AM CST, 6 hours 19 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
Dec 12, 9:21 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		63 hr
Dec 13, 3:18 AM CST	Flood Watch	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more	39 hr
Dec 13, 10:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	25 hr
Dec 13, 10:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	25 hr
Dec 13, 10:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pearl River	69 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2022 River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.