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River Flood Warning 29, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 9, 2026Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2026, 7:39 PM CDT for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 9, 2026, 8:01 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2026, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2026, 8:01 PM CDT
Expired: May 11, 2026, 8:56 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Pearl River County, MS

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Hobolochitto Creek near Caesar (CREM6). The gauge peaked at 17.09 ft at May 10, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02492343, 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 9, 6:45 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:45 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 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 9, 7:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Washington	26 hr
May 9, 8:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	37 hr
May 9, 10:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	22 hr
May 9, 10:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	33 hr
May 10, 3:39 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa and 2 more	5 hr
May 9, 7:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	48 hr
May 9, 7:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.