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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT... .NUMEROUS WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE THAT IS IN PLACE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY DUE TO EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOW FLASH FLOODING TOLERANCES FROM SATURATED SOILS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...IBERVILLE... LIVINGSTON...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE... ORLEANS...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...ST. CHARLES...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...UPPER TERREBONNE AND WEST BATON ROUGE. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW. RAINFALL COULD BECOME HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. MANY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST HAVE SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY QUICKLY RUN OFF RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED...LOW LYING AREAS.

* AREAS THAT SEE CONTINUOUS TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN A SHORT TIME COULD RECEIVE FLOOD WATER TO DEPTHS THAT WOULD IMPACT PROPERTY AND PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS. AREA CREEKS... STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE RISES...AND SOME MAY RISE TO BANKFULL OR FLOOD LEVELS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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

Instructions:

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY 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.