Flash Flood Watch in effect from Sunday morning through Monday afternoon
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .A SURFACE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF WILL BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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 LAFOURCHE...LOWER TERREBONNE...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA...POINTE COUPEE...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER TERREBONNE...WEST BATON ROUGE AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...PIKE AND WILKINSON.
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
* 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
* LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER TERREBONNE ... 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
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SJPSO followed by your message, to 888777
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