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River Flood Warning 53, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 13, 2024Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2024, 10:50 AM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 15, 2024, 2:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2024, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2024, 2:30 AM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2024, 9:38 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Bogalusa (BXAL1). The gauge peaked at 19.87 ft at May 23, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT.

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 May 13, 7:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 6:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 7:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 8:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 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
May 12, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana	27 min
May 13, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	61 min
May 13, 7:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	56 min
May 13, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	55 min
May 13, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	34 min
May 13, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		60 min
May 13, 9:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa	29 min
May 13, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		58 min
May 13, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Tammany	57 min
May 13, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	36 min
May 13, 3:17 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		9 hr
May 13, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	18 min
May 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana	50 min
May 13, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	22 min
May 13, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, Iberville	53 min
May 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	Iberville	15 min
May 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	16 min
May 13, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	17 min
May 13, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite, Pike	66 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.