FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 334 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
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.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* WARM MOIST GULF AIR WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER STRONG
DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST GULF TO PRODUCE A HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING AN END TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT
LATER TODAY.
ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH
AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE TRAINING THUNDERSTORM CELLS.
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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95/DM
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