Flash Flood Warning until 05:45PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DONALDSONVILLE... ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAPOLEONVILLE... IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PLAQUEMINE... ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BAYOU SORREL TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF DONALDSONVILLE. RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED NEAR DONALDSONVILLE THIS AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE CASTLE...CARVILLE AND BAYOU SORREL
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... IBERVILLE ... ST. JAMES
Instructions:
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200