Flash Flood Watch until 07:00AM Sunday
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SOILS HAVE BECOME VERY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL SINCE WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD EASILY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING AND FLOOD WITH THE ANTICIPATED RAINFALL RUNOFF. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 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 MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.
* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE POOLED AROUND A WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS REMAINING FAVORABLE FOR PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION IS HIGH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING COULD RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WITH SOMEWHAT LIGHTER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FARTHER EAST.
* IMPACTS INCLUDE PONDING OF WATERS 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 ... 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
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SJPSO followed by your message, to 888777
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