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River Flood Warning 6, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 5, 2025Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2025, 10:12 AM CST for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 7, 2025, 2:30 PM CST. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2025, 10:12 AM CST (16:12 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2025, 2:30 PM CST
Expired: Mar 26, 2025, 11:12 AM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Washington Parish, LA, Pearl River County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Bogalusa (BXAL1). The gauge peaked at 18.86 ft at Mar 20, 2025, 6:00 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 Mar 5, 5:26 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:26 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 9:26 AM CST, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 5, 10:08 AM CST, 4 minutes before

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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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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
Mar 4, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany, Washington	40 min
Mar 4, 6:16 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		89 min
Mar 4, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Orleans, Saint Tammany	50 min
Mar 4, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	80 min
Mar 4, 7:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Plaquemines, Saint Bernard	19 min
Mar 4, 7:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		2 hr
Mar 5, 2:53 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more	15 hr
Mar 4, 6:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River	27 min

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.