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River Flood Warning 71, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 16, 2026Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2026, 8:17 PM CDT for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jun 17, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2026, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2026, 8:37 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tchefuncte River near Covington (CUSL1). The gauge peaked at 26.69 ft at Jun 18, 2026, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07375050, 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 Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 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
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	48 hr
Jun 16, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	4 days
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	59 hr
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	3 days
Jun 16, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		57 min
Jun 17, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Washington	4 days
Jun 17, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	45 hr
Jun 17, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Livingston	70 hr
Jun 17, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	5 days
Jun 17, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		64 min
Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Terrebonne	52 min
Jun 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LIX		35 min
Jun 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Saint James	30 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist	45 min
Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	6 days
Jun 17, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Harrison	5 days
Jun 17, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LIX	Jackson	13 days

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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.