FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 902 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE PEARL RIVER NEAR BOGALUSA.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.0 FEET
BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING ON FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER
WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE
INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS.
AT 21 FEET PROPERTY EAST OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 21 ALONG BOGALUSA
CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
$$ FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 902 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.0 FEET BY
EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.THEN BEGIN FALLING ON SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...RIVER GARDENS SUBDIVISION WILL BE MODERATELY
FLOODED WITH SEVERAL STREETS IMPASSABLE AND A FEW HOMES FLOODED IN
THE VICINITY OF GUM BAYOU. A FEW HOMES WILL ALSO BE THREATENED IN
MAGNOLIA FOREST. SECONDARY ROADS TO THE RIVER AND THROUGHOUT HONEY
ISLAND SWAMP WILL REMAIN INUNDATED.
$$ FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 914 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR BUSH.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.0 FEET BY
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...HOMES NEAR THE RIVER ALONG LOUISIANA HIGHWAY
21 WILL BE MODERATELY FLOODED. THE ACCESS ROAD UPSTREAM OF THE
BRIDGE WILL REMAIN INUNDATED.
$$ FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 807 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN COVINGTON.
* UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.0 FEET BY
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...THERE WILL BE MAJOR FLOODING AT CHRIST
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL AND BOGUE FALAYA RIVER PARK.
$$ FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 757 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE US HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON.
* UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.5 FEET
BY TOMORROW EVENING AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 26.0 FEET...THE ENTRANCE ROAD TO CAMP TCHEFUNCTE WILL
FLOOD. THE CAMPGROUNDS WILL BE INACCESSABLE BY AUTO AND EVACUATION
OF THE CAMPGROUND AREA IS ADVISED. HOMES BETWEEN TANTELLA RANCH
ROAD AND THE RIVER AS WELL AS HOMES ON TRENCHARD ROAD AND LOUISIANA
HIGHWAY 1077 WILL BE THREATENED.
$$ FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 807 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT CAMP COVINGTON.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 41.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 45.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 49.0 FEET BY EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE
RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 50.0 FEET...PROPERTY ALONG THE EAST BANK WILL BE
INUNDATED. THE ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY TO PROPERTY NEAR THE GAGE ON THE
EAST BANK WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. WATER WILL COVER MILLION DOLLAR
ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF KC CAMP ROAD. CAUTION IS URGED DRIVING
ALONG MILLION DOLLAR ROAD. THE RIVER WILL BE BANKFULL AT SAINT
JOSEPH ABBEY DOWNSTREAM THREATENING THE ABBEY PARKING LOT.
$$ FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 731 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM.
* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:30 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.5 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 40 WILL OVERFLOW THE WEST
BANK BY THE BRIDGE. EVACUATION OF THE AREA AROUND SPRING PARK AND
ALBERT THOMPSON ROADS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
$$ FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 334 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...
IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...
LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...
ORLEANS...POINTE COUPEE...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST.
JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...
UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER
ST. BERNARD...UPPER TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE
AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL
AND WILKINSON.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* WARM MOIST GULF AIR WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER STRONG
DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST GULF TO PRODUCE A HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING AN END TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT
LATER TODAY.
ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH
AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE TRAINING THUNDERSTORM CELLS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
95/DM
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