...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 5.7 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREAST AT 6.5 FEET
ON THE MORNING OF MAY 11TH. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CAMPS
AND BUSINESSES ON TH RIVER AS IT NEAR CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC WILL
NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION BUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
450 AM CDT WED MAY 6 1998
LAZ035>037-039-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-061300-
AMITE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-
ST HELENA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GULFPORT-BILOXI...MCCOMB...PASCAGOULA...
PICAYUNE
.NOW...
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT BORDER PARISHES OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MCCOMB AREA THROUGH 6
AM...BOGALUSA TO PICAYUNE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM...AND POSSIBLY THE
MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM.
$$
GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034-038-040-046>050-056>070-061300-
ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-COASTAL WATERS E OF MS RVR 20-50 NM OUT-
COASTAL WATERS E OF MS RVR OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS W OF MS RVR 20-
50 NM OUT-COASTAL WATERS W OF MS RVR OUT 20 NM-EAST BATON ROUGE-
IBERVILLE-LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS-LIVINGSTON-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATON ROUGE...HAMMOND...HOUMA...METAIRIE...
NEW ORLEANS...SLIDELL
.NOW...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING HAIL...HAVE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE
NORTHERN BORDER PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...MOVING EAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF BATON
ROUGE AND THE NORTHSHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 12.
$$
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This data is from the IWIN (Interactive Weather Information Network)
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 5.8 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREAST AT 6.5 FEET
ON THE MORNING OF MAY 12TH. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CAMPS
AND BUSINESSES ON THE RIVER AS IT NEARS CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC WILL
NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1240 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
- IN THE COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM
- FROM THE ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI LINE E OF PASCAGOULA TO GULFPORT
- IN COASTAL WATERS 20-50 NM OUT
- FROM THE ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI LINE E OF PASCAGOULA TO CHANDELEUR SOUND
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1235 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG..POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ALONG THE COAST
NEAR GAUTIER MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS EXCEEDING GALE FORCE...
ROUGH SEAS... HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 5.8 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREAST AT 6.5 FEET
ON THE MORNING OF MAY 12TH. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CAMPS
AND BUSINESSES ON THE RIVER AS IT NEARS CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC WILL
NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
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...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 6.0 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 6.5 FEET
ON THE MORNING OF MAY 12TH. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CAMPS
AND BUSINESSES ON THE RIVER AS IT NEARS CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC WILL
NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
149 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
...TORNADO WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY CANCELLED...
AT 145 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WOOD
COUNTY HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND MOVED INTO UPSHUR COUNTY.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED
RIVER LANDING AND BATON ROUGE...
...DATE AND HEIGHT OF CREST FORECAST REVISED FOR RED RIVER LANDING
SOUTHWARD...
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING WAS AT 52.3 FEET THIS
MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 48 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AT 53.0 FEET ON MAY 14TH. FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED LOWLANDS USED
FOR PASTURE WILL CONTINUE.
FLOODING OF RACCOURCI ISLAND REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AT STAGES ABOVE 40
FEET WITH MOST ISLAND AREAS INUNDATED AT A STAGE ABOVE 48 FEET.
CAMPS ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE LEVEE NEAR RACCOURCI ISLAND WILL
REMAIN CUT OFF WHILE THE RIVER REMAINS ABOVE 45 FEET. THE RIVER
WILL TOP THE FRONT LEVEE OF MONKEY ISLAND WHEN IT EXCEEDS 51 FEET.
AT BATON ROUGE THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS AT 35.2 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 35 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 35.9 FEET ON MAY 15TH. RIVER
TRAFFIC AND MARINE INDUSTRIES ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED.
...THE FOLLOWING CRESTS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE...
AT DONALDSONVILLE THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 25.6 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 27 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 26.3 FEET WHICH IS BELOW
FLOOD STAGE ON MAY 15TH.
AT RESERVE THE MISSISSIPPI WAS AT 19.7 FEET THIS MORNING. FLOOD STAGE
IS 22 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 20.4 FEET ON MAY 15TH.
AT NEW ORLEANS THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 14.2 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 17 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 14.7 FEET ON MAY 15TH.
AT RESERVE AND NEW ORLEANS EVEN THOUGH THE CREST WILL BE BELOW FLOOD
STAGE MARINE AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES ON THE RIVER WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THE HIGH WATER AND STRONG CURRENTS.
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 5.9 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 6.5 FEET
AROUND 700 AM ON MAY 15TH. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CAMPS
AND BUSINESSES ON THE RIVER AS IT NEARS CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC WILL
NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED
RIVER LANDING AND BATON ROUGE...
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING WAS AT 52.7 FEET THIS
MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 48 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AT 53.1 FEET ON MAY 16. FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED LOWLANDS USED
FOR PASTURE WILL CONTINUE.
FLOODING OF RACCOURCI ISLAND REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AT STAGES ABOVE 40
FEET WITH MOST ISLAND AREAS INUNDATED AT A STAGE ABOVE 48 FEET.
CAMPS ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE LEVEE NEAR RACCOURCI ISLAND WILL
REMAIN CUT OFF WHILE THE RIVER REMAINS ABOVE 45 FEET. THE RIVER
WILL TOP THE FRONT LEVEE OF MONKEY ISLAND WHEN IT EXCEEDS 51 FEET.
AT BATON ROUGE THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS AT 35.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 35 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 36.0 FEET ON MAY 16. RIVER
TRAFFIC AND MARINE INDUSTRIES ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED.
...THE FOLLOWING CRESTS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE...
AT DONALDSONVILLE THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 25.9 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 27 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 26.4 FEET WHICH IS BELOW
FLOOD STAGE ON MAY 17.
AT RESERVE THE MISSISSIPPI WAS AT 19.9 FEET THIS MORNING. FLOOD STAGE
IS 22 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 20.5 FEET ON MAY 17.
AT NEW ORLEANS THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 14.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 17 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 15.0 FEET ON MAY 17.
EVEN THOUGH THE CREST FROM DONALDSONVILLE AND DOWNSTREAM WILL BE
BELOW FLOOD STAGE...MARINE AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES ON THE RIVER
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WATER AND STRONG CURRENTS.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED
RIVER LANDING AND BATON ROUGE...
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING WAS AT 52.8 FEET THIS
MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 48 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AT 53.1 FEET ON MAY 16. FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED LOWLANDS USED
FOR PASTURE WILL CONTINUE.
FLOODING OF RACCOURCI ISLAND REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AT STAGES ABOVE 40
FEET WITH MOST ISLAND AREAS INUNDATED AT A STAGE ABOVE 48 FEET.
CAMPS ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE LEVEE NEAR RACCOURCI ISLAND WILL
REMAIN CUT OFF WHILE THE RIVER REMAINS ABOVE 45 FEET. THE RIVER
WILL TOP THE FRONT LEVEE OF MONKEY ISLAND WHEN IT EXCEEDS 51 FEET.
AT BATON ROUGE THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS AT 35.7 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 35 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 36.0 FEET ON MAY 16. RIVER
TRAFFIC AND MARINE INDUSTRIES ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED.
...THE FOLLOWING CRESTS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE...
AT DONALDSONVILLE THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 26.0 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 27 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 26.4 FEET WHICH IS BELOW
FLOOD STAGE ON MAY 17.
AT RESERVE THE MISSISSIPPI WAS AT 20.0 FEET THIS MORNING. FLOOD STAGE
IS 22 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 20.4 FEET ON MAY 17.
AT NEW ORLEANS THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 14.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 17 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 14.9 FEET ON MAY 17.
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
...TIME OF CREST FORECAST REVISED...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 6.0 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 6.3 FEET
AROUND NOON ON MAY 16. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT CAMPS
AND BUSINESSES ON THE RIVER AS IT NEARS CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC WILL
NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
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FLOOD STATEMENT...MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1005 AM CDT THU MAY 14 1998
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED
RIVER LANDING AND BATON ROUGE...
...CREST REVISED SLIGHTLY FOR RED RIVER LANDING AND DONALDSONVILLE...
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING WAS AT 52.8 FEET THIS
MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 48 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AT 53.0 FEET ON MAY 16. FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED LOWLANDS USED
FOR PASTURE WILL CONTINUE.
FLOODING OF RACCOURCI ISLAND REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AT STAGES ABOVE 40
FEET WITH MOST ISLAND AREAS INUNDATED AT A STAGE ABOVE 48 FEET.
CAMPS ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE LEVEE NEAR RACCOURCI ISLAND WILL
REMAIN CUT OFF WHILE THE RIVER REMAINS ABOVE 45 FEET. THE RIVER
WILL TOP THE FRONT LEVEE OF MONKEY ISLAND WHEN IT EXCEEDS 51 FEET.
AT BATON ROUGE THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS AT 35.7 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 35 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 36.0 FEET ON MAY 16. RIVER
TRAFFIC AND MARINE INDUSTRIES ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED.
...THE FOLLOWING CRESTS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE...
AT DONALDSONVILLE THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 26.0 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 27 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 26.3 FEET WHICH IS BELOW
FLOOD STAGE ON MAY 17.
AT RESERVE THE MISSISSIPPI WAS AT 20.1 FEET THIS MORNING. FLOOD STAGE
IS 22 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 20.4 FEET ON MAY 17.
AT NEW ORLEANS THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 14.5 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED
RIVER LANDING AND BATON ROUGE...
...CREST DATES FROM DONALDSONVILLE SOUTHWARD REVISED...
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING WAS AT 52.9 FEET THIS
MORNING. FLOOD STAGE IS 48 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
AT 53.0 FEET ON MAY 16. FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED LOWLANDS USED
FOR PASTURE WILL CONTINUE.
FLOODING OF RACCOURCI ISLAND REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AT STAGES ABOVE 40
FEET WITH MOST ISLAND AREAS INUNDATED AT A STAGE ABOVE 48 FEET.
CAMPS ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE LEVEE NEAR RACCOURCI ISLAND WILL
REMAIN CUT OFF WHILE THE RIVER REMAINS ABOVE 45 FEET. THE RIVER
WILL TOP THE FRONT LEVEE OF MONKEY ISLAND WHEN IT EXCEEDS 51 FEET.
.
AT BATON ROUGE THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS AT 35.8 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 35 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 36.0 FEET ON MAY 16. RIVER
TRAFFIC AND MARINE INDUSTRIES ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED.
...THE FOLLOWING CRESTS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE...
AT DONALDSONVILLE THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 26.1 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 27 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 26.3 FEET WHICH IS BELOW
FLOOD STAGE ON MAY 16.
AT RESERVE THE MISSISSIPPI WAS AT 20.0 FEET THIS MORNING. FLOOD STAGE
IS 22 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 20.2 FEET ON MAY 16.
AT NEW ORLEANS THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS AT 14.5 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 17 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 14.7 FEET ON MAY 16.
EVEN THOUGH THE CREST FROM DONALDSONVILLE AND DOWNSTREAM WILL BE
BELOW FLOOD STAGE...MARINE AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES ON THE RIVER
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WATER AND STRONG CURRENTS.
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BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING...ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
950 AM CDT FRI MAY 15 1998
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT
MORGAN CITY...
...TIME AND HEIGHT OF CREST FORECAST REVISED...
THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY WAS AT 6.1 FEET THIS MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 6.2 FEET
AROUND 7 AM ON SATURDAY MAY 16TH. FLOODING WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT
CAMPS AND BUSINESSES ON THE RIVER AS IT NEARS CREST. MARINE TRAFFIC
WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE HIGH WATER LEVELS.
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