Flash Flood Watch in effect from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon
...ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .ANOTHER SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. VERY RICH DEEP MOISTURE WILL MOVE IN PLACE ALONG WITH MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES AND A SLOW MOVING FRONT ALL WILL COMBINE TO LEAD TO ANOTHER COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. FIRST BATCH OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE IN AS EARLY AS TOMORROW MORNING FROM THE WEST AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE DAY SLOWLY MIGRATING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST. A SECOND ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP OVERNIGHT SATURDAY AND PERSIST WELL INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS ROUND WOULD BE VERY SLOW MOVING. OVERALL WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THAT SAID IF THERE IS MORE INSTABILITY LEADING TO A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS THEN THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED HIGHER. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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... PIKE... WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.
* FROM 7AM SATURDAY THROUGH 7PM SUNDAY
* WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.
* LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE 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
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