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...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ..A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL MOISTURE AROUND THIS LOW WILL BE QUITE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ON AND OFF THROUGH SATURDAY. SOILS HAVE BECOME VERY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING FROM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO RISE WITH THE ANTICIPATED RAINFALL RUNOFF. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... 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...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...PIKE...WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE POOLED AROUND A WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI COAST WILL ALLOW FOR FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING COULD RANGE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO 10 INCHES...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND INTO THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA.

* IMPACTS INCLUDE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS AS WELL AS ELEVATED LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... POINTE COUPEE ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... 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.