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...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY WEST AND NORTHWEST TODAY. TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL AREAS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. SOILS HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL SINCE WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD EASILY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ARE ALSO IN FLOOD AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS...SOME TO MAJOR AND RECORD LEVELS. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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...POINTE COUPEE...ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...WEST BATON ROUGE AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE AND WILKINSON.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND ONGOING FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON COULD RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* IMPACTS INCLUDE PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS AS WELL AS MAJOR TO RECORD FLOODING ON MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... POINTE COUPEE ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... 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.