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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Saturday April 30th, 2016 :: 04:45 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Flash Flood Watch until 01:00PM Sunday

...HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY... .WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY HAVE NEARLY SATURATED GROUNDS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A SECOND ROUND STORMS WILL LIKELY YIELD EXCESSIVE WATER RUNOFF AND PRODUCE FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... 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...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.

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE OR ALONG LOW LYING RURAL ROADS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS CAN BE EXPECTED.

* 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

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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

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