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River Flood Warning 55, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 17, 2023Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 4:28 AM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2023, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2023, 10:58 AM CST
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Bogue Chitto River near Tylertown (TYTM6). The gauge peaked at 18.45 ft at Feb 17, 2023, 10:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02490500, 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 16, 5:54 PM CST, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 5:54 PM CST, 10 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 7:57 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge38 hr
Feb 17, 6:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXSaint Helena36 hr
Feb 16, 6:14 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXAmite, Pike, Walthall102 min
Feb 17, 6:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike16 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.