Flood Watch until 08:00PM 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ANOTHER IN 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 TODAY...AND MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE RISING...AND SOME TO EXCEED THEIR FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING. ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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 THIS EVENING
* ONE MORE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TODAY. SOME THREE DAY STORM TOTALS MAY APPROACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING.
* THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE WATER LEVEL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. NEARLY ALL OF THE STREAMS ARE RISING WITH SEVERAL NOW FORECAST TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
* 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.
Address/Location
St James Parish Sheriff's Office
5800 LA-44
Convent, LA 70723
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 225-562-2200