Flash Flood Warning until 08:00PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... NORTHWESTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... CENTRAL ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... NORTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... SOUTHEASTERN ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... CENTRAL ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 504 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAMMOND...THIBODAUX...GONZALES...COVINGTON...DONALDSONVILLE... FRANKLINTON...NAPOLEONVILLE...RESERVE...AMITE...LAPLACE... PONCHATOULA...AMITE CITY...GRAMERCY...LUTCHER...LIVINGSTON... INDEPENDENCE...TYLERTOWN...SORRENTO...ROSELAND AND FRENCH SETTLEMENT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... LAFOURCHE ... LIVINGSTON ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... TANGIPAHOA ... TERREBONNE ... WASHINGTON
Instructions:
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200