FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 410 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
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...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...
LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...
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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
* FLOODING RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
FROM THE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO POSE A FLOOD
THREAT...PARTICULARLY NEAR SWOLLEN RIVERS...STREAMS AND RETENTION
PONDS.
RIVER FLOODING IS BECOMING A LARGE CONCERN IN THE WATCH AREA AS
MOST STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN TO FLOOD LEVELS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS REGARDING RIVER FLOODING IN YOUR
AREA.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES THE ROADWAY...
PARTICULARLY AT INUNDATED RIVER CROSSINGS. THE FORCE OF FAST
FLOWING WATER WILL BE VERY POWERFUL.
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24/RR
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