FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1027 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...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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22/TD
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