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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

912 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



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

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

912 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 906 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT 

THE MAIN RAIN BAND RESPONSIBLE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING IS 

GRADUALLY SHIFTING EASTWARD OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...DOPPLER 

WEATHER RADAR STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST UPWARDS OF 8 TO 

AS HIGH AS 13 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF SAINT 

FRANCISVILLE THROUGH NEW ROADS TO LIVONIA.    



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODVILLE...

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



HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE FALLEN WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THE THREAT OF RAPID 

WATER FLOW OVER CREEKS...CULVERTS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS

THROUGH LATE MORNING. SOME AREA ROADWAYS COULD HAVE WATER COVERING THEM.  



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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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