FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1142 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE
WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 46.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY
NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE TO RISE TO AROUND
48.5 FEET BY NEXT FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY 8 2010.
* IMPACT...AT 48.0 FEET...ACCESS ROADS WILL BE INUNDATED AND
EVACUATION OF ALL RIVER ISLANDS MUST BE COMPLETE. PROTECTION OF
PEOPLE AND PROPERTY IN THE RIVER BOTTOM LAND ON THE RIVER SIDE OF
THE LEVEES MUST BE COMPLETE.
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