Post by Harleygirl on May 14, 2008 15:10:42 GMT -6
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
408 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
.A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD
THROUGH FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE. WITH A VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THURSDAY.
LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-150515-
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POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-
WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE...
WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...
PICAYUNE
408 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ASCENSION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST
FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...POINTE COUPEE...ST.
HELENA...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON
ROUGE AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...
PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL AND WILKINSON.
* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUETO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN A THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH
THURSDAY.
* HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE IN AN HOUR
MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... SMALL STREAMS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
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.
$$
