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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

539 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



LAC033-037-047-077-121-125-MSC005-157-021445-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

IBERVILLE LA-POINTE COUPEE LA-EAST FELICIANA LA-EAST BATON ROUGE LA-

WEST BATON ROUGE LA-AMITE MS-WILKINSON MS-WEST FELICIANA LA-

539 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR

WILKINSON AND NORTHWESTERN AMITE COUNTIES...AND WEST FELICIANA...

NORTHWESTERN WEST BATON ROUGE...NORTHWESTERN EAST BATON ROUGE...

WESTERN EAST FELICIANA...EASTERN POINTE COUPEE AND NORTHWESTERN

IBERVILLE PARISHES...



AT 529 AM CDT...RAIN BANDS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF TROPICAL 

DEPRESSION GUSTAV CONTINUE OVER THE WARNING AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WAKEFIELD...ST. FRANCISVILLE...SPILLMAN...NORWOOD...NEW 

ROADS...MORGANZA...LOTTIE...LIVONIA...JACKSON...ERWINVILLE...WOODVILL

E...GLOSTER...FORT ADAMS...DOLOROSA AND CENTREVILLE



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST 

THAT 7 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA FROM NEAR SAINT 

FRANCISVILLE THROUGH NEW ROADS AND NEAR LIVONIA. 



WITH MORE RAIN BANDS WORKING IN OVER THE AREA...ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS 

OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN THE WARNING AREA. 



THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATIONS TO RANGE FROM 

10 TO 18 INCHES THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL EXACERBATE  

FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER CREEKS...STREAMS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.    



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.





LAT...LON 3138 9122 3133 9111 3136 9100 3134 9089

      3023 9147 3027 9160 3038 9164 3044 9163

      3049 9169 3100 9164 3105 9156 3110 9159

      3124 9152 3125 9148 3128 9150 3132 9146

      3135 9137 3138 9131



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