River Flood Warning 45, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

May 23, 2026, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)

In effect from

May 26, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT

Expired

May 25, 2026, 9:41 AM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Pearl River (PERL1). The gauge peaked at 14.71 ft at May 26, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage

12 ft

Minor stage

14 ft

Moderate stage

17 ft

Major stage

18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02492600, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 22, 6:45 PM CDT, 14 hours 35 minutes earlier.

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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.