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River Flood Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 15, 2025Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2025, 7:49 PM CDT for Washington Parish, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 17, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2025, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 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 00:49 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 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 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
508 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0456 PM     Marine Tstm Wind 12 SSW Mandeville       30.20N 90.12W
03/15/2025  M58 MPH          GMZ530             LA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station XPTN Pontchartrain Causeway.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
509 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 WNW Gretna            29.92N 90.08W
03/15/2025  M65 MPH          Orleans            LA   Mesonet

            Mesonet station 1972W Harbor Police
            Headquarters.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
537 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 SSE Covington         30.43N 90.08W
03/15/2025                   St. Tammany        LA   NWS Employee

            Trees down along Interstate 12 and 190.
            Possible tornado.

&&

LNN

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
Mar 15, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		115 min
Mar 15, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Mar 15, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		47 min
Mar 16, 4:33 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LIX		20 hr
Mar 15, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Harrison	26 min
Mar 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Harrison	31 min
Mar 15, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Jackson	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.