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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A SERIES OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES AND A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL INTERACT WITH DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE...AND SOME TO EXCEED THEIR FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY. ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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...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 MONDAY EVENING

* A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL INTERACT WITH DEEP GULF MOISTURE AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MONDAY. THE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.

* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE WATER LEVEL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. BASED ON CONTINGENCY SCENARIOS FOR 3 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 ... 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 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 SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.