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...FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED FOR SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE GULF SOUTH WILL MOVE EAST BY SATURDAY MORNING. IN DOING SO...A DEEP FETCH OF SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF STATES OVER THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE REGION SATURDAY WILL BRING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEST TO EAST ONSETTING MID TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH NEW YEAR`S MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO THEN BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT AND PATCHY IN COVERAGE SUNDAY. THEN ANOTHER STRONGER DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY TO BRING RENEWED ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS PROLONGED WET THREE DAY PERIOD WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SEVERAL INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION THAT WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE... AND SOME TO EXCEED THEIR FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 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 MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON... JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.

* FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL BE TAPPING INTO DEEP GULF MOISTURE TO BRING EFFICIENT RAINFALL IN AT LEAST TWO ROUNDS FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH A LARGER PORTION OF MONDAY. THE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE COMBINED RAIN DAYS SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THE PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BELOW THE TIDAL LAKES INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA ARE CURRENTLY NOT WITHIN THE FLOOD WATCH. THIS AREA CAN STILL EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OVER THE THREE DAY PERIOD...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...BUT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF DRAINING EFFICIENTLY.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE WATER LEVEL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. BASED ON CONTINGENCY SCENARIOS FOR 4 TO 6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OVER THE RIVER BASINS...SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE PARISHES AND THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES ARE INDICATED TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGES.

* 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 FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NEAR AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.