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River Flood Warning 35, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 30, 2023East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 30, 2023, 9:27 AM CST for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2023, 9:27 AM CST (15:27 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 3, 2023, 8:35 AM CST
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Amite River at Bayou Manchac Point (BYML1).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 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 Jan 29, 5:44 PM CST, 15 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 5:44 PM CST, 15 hours 43 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 29, 9:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	2 hr
Jan 30, 1:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Washington	33 min
Jan 30, 9:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Livingston	60 hr
Jan 30, 9:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	47 hr
Jan 30, 10:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Washington	61 hr
Jan 30, 2:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more	19 hr
Jan 30, 2:50 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		21 hr
Jan 29, 7:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	35 hr
Jan 29, 7:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	57 hr
Jan 30, 9:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pike	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.