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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED INTO SATURDAY EVENING... .AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE REGION...COUPLED WITH ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...WILL MAINTAIN A FLOOD THREAT DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE THREAT FOR FLOODINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SUNDAY. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 SATURDAY EVENING

* THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...BRINGING A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. MANY AREAS ARE COMPLETELY SATURATED. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN HEAVIER STORMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED FOR SATURDAY... WITH SIMILAR RANGES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THE TWO DAY TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT COULD EASILY RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS AROUND 10 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* 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.