Flash Flood Watch in effect through Sunday afternoon
...ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... .ANOTHER SLOW MOVING SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. VERY RICH AND DEEP MOISTURE IS IN PLACE ALONG WITH MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES AND A SLOW MOVING FRONT...ALL OF WHICH WILL COMBINE TO LEAD TO ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...IN SOME CASES OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* 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