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...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST... .A DEEP PLUME OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WHILE A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR REPEATED AND PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA...ORLEANS... POINTE COUPEE...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY... 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* WAVES OF REPEATING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGOUT THIS EVENT.

* AREAS THAT SEE CONTINUOUS TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT TIME COULD RECIEVE FLOOD WATER TO DEPTHS THAT WOULD IMPACT PROPERTY AND PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ORLEANS ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD ... UPPER TERREBONNE ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE ... WEST FELICIANA

Instructions:

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.