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Small Craft Advisory 2, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 9, 2026

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 9, 2026, 10:43 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 10, 2026, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2026, 10:43 PM CST (04:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 12, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 9, 10:39 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 10:39 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 9:12 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
912 PM CST Fri Jan 9 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0623 AM     Tornado          4 NW Dexter             31.11N 90.04W
01/09/2026                   Walthall           MS   NWS Storm Survey

            *DELAYED* NWS ground survey confirmed an
            EF-1 tornado occurred in eastern Walthall
            County. Continued into Marion County.

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TJS/HL

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 1:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Baton Rouge	33 min
Jan 10, 2:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana	41 min
Jan 10, 2:09 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LIX		8 hr
Jan 10, 2:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	East Feliciana, Saint Helena, West Feliciana	3 hr
Jan 10, 3:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	East Feliciana	47 min
Jan 10, 4:53 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge	80 min
Jan 10, 5:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	72 min
Jan 10, 5:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington	118 min
Jan 10, 5:42 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa	99 min
Jan 10, 7:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		117 min
Jan 10, 8:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LIX	Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles	3 hr
Jan 10, 9:06 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		84 min
Jan 10, 9:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Orleans	64 min
Jan 10, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	East Baton Rouge	21 hr
Jan 10, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Helena	46 hr
Jan 10, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Tangipahoa	4 days
Jan 10, 12:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Amite	41 min
Jan 10, 2:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite	23 min
Jan 10, 2:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LIX	Pike	34 min
Jan 10, 3:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	3 hr
Jan 10, 5:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	64 min
Jan 10, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pike	50 hr
Jan 10, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	36 hr

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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.