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St James Parish Sheriff's Office
Wednesday May 3rd, 2017 :: 09:52 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Flash Flood Watch until 07:00AM Thursday

...Flash Flood Watch will be in effect for Today and Tonight... .A strong developing storm system will be affecting the Lower Mississippi Valley Region and the central Gulf States into early tomorrow morning. A couple rounds of thunderstorms will likely bring heavy rainfall that may result in some flooding for some locations. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in New Orleans has expanded the

* Flash Flood Watch to include a portion of southeast Louisiana, including the following areas, Assumption, Lower Jefferson, Lower Lafourche, Lower Plaquemines, Lower St. Bernard, Lower Terrebonne, Orleans, St. Charles, St. James, St. John The Baptist, Upper Jefferson, Upper Lafourche, Upper Plaquemines, Upper St. Bernard, and Upper Terrebonne.

* through Thursday morning

* Warm front moving north out of the Gulf of Mexico today, followed by a cold front and squall line moving east tonight.

* Heavy rainfall from strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to produce storm total accumulations generally between 3 and 5 inches through early tomorrow morning.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASSUMPTION ... LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... ORLEANS ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. JAMES ... ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER LAFOURCHE ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD ... UPPER TERREBONNE

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

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flash Flood Watch

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