Flash Flood Watch until 06:00PM 
...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY... .ONGOING SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THE HEAVIEST PORTIONS OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS IN AREAS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN RAINFALL THIS MORNING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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...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 AND WEST BATON ROUGE. IN MISSISSIPPI... AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE AND WALTHALL.
* UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
* A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THAT WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THE HEAVIEST PORTIONS OF THE LINE.
* 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 ... LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA ... ORLEANS ... 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
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