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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY... AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN COUPLED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN A FLOOD THREAT DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY 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...JACKSON AND PEARL RIVER.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS THIS EVENING. MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA WILL SEE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MANY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST HAVE SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED...LOW LYING AREAS.

* AREAS THAT SEE 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.