BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 854 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT AFFECTING TANGIPAHOA PARISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS. TURN AROUND AND DON'T DROWN.
A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV.
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LAC105-300754- /O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0067.120830T1516Z-120902T1017Z/ /ROBL1.1.ER.120830T1516Z.120831T1800Z.120902T0417Z.NO/ 854 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * AT 7:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 30TH AND CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER FIRST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER WITH BEACH AREAS UNDER WATER. * IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER.
