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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Monday April 27th, 2015 :: 04:23 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Flash Flood Watch in effect from 7 AM CDT this morning through Tuesday early afternoon

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY ACTING ON AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EARLY 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.

* FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY ACTING ON AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PERIOD. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* 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.

Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flash Flood Watch

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