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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 2, 2026Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2026, 8:26 PM CDT for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2026, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Tangipahoa Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 7:36 PM CDT, 50 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
Apr 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Livingston, Tangipahoa	4 hr
Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Tangipahoa	16 min
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge	30 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2026 Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.