FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 309 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...
IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...LOWER ST. BERNARD...ORLEANS...POINTE
COUPEE...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE
BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER
LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...UPPER
TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE AND WEST FELICIANA.
IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...
JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.
* UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING
* A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST REGION THIS EVENING WHILE A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. VERY
MOIST AIR IN PLACE WILL INTERACT WITH THE DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. MANY AREAS ARE QUITE SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY
RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING AND LAST EVENING...SO IT WILL NOT
TAKE MUCH HEAVY RAINFALL TO PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING TODAY. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.
* WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF STREET FLOODING...
POSSIBLE FLOODING OF CANALS AND SMALL STREAMS...AND POTENTIALLY
MORE SERIOUS FLOODING OF PROPERTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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