Flash Flood Watch until 07:00PM 
...HEAVY RAIN THREAT LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON... .A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...BUT AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN BY EVENING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY... 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...NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA...POINTE COUPEE...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY... WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...PIKE...WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.
* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF WILL BE VERY QUICK.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... POINTE COUPEE ... SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... ST. TAMMANY ... 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