FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 446 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON
ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...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.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. COLD AND SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS WILL
LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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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