Flash Flood Watch in effect from 3 PM CST this afternoon through Wednesday morning 
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND A SQUALL LINE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. HIGH RAINFALL RATES COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... 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...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...PEARL RIVER... PIKE... WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.
* FROM 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL RATES COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES.
* FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THE FORECAST RAINFALL.
* 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