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River Flood Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 26, 2026Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2026, 4:19 AM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2026, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2026, 1:22 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Hancock County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Jourdan River at Kiln (KLNM6). The gauge peaked at 7.82 ft at May 26, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02481660, 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 25, 12:50 PM CDT, 15 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:50 PM CDT, 15 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 26, 11:19 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LIX	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more	32 hr
May 26, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Charles	21 min
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Lafourche	26 min
May 26, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint Charles	24 min
May 26, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Washington	36 min
May 26, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint John the Baptist	24 min
May 26, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint John the Baptist	18 min
May 26, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	39 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa	14 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Tangipahoa, Washington	30 min
May 26, 6:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington	105 min
May 26, 1:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	3 hr
May 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pike	38 min
May 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Walthall	23 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.