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WGUS44 KLIX 121514
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1014 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT CAMP COVINGTON AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
FOR THE BOGUE FALAYA...INCLUDING CAMP COVINGTON, BOSTON ST IN
COVINGTON...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LIX. CLICK
ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES MENU FOR FORECASTS AND OBSERVATIONS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM CDT.
LAC103-130300-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0094.240912T1514Z-240914T0033Z/
/CGSL1.2.ER.000000T0000Z.240912T1800Z.240913T1832Z.NO/
1014 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT CAMP COVINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 50.0 FEET, PROPERTY ALONG THE EAST BANK WILL BE
INUNDATED. THE ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY TO PROPERTY NEAR THE GAGE ON THE
EAST BANK WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. WATER WILL COVER MILLION DOLLAR
ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF KC CAMP ROAD. CAUTION IS URGED DRIVING
ALONG MILLION DOLLAR ROAD. THE RIVER WILL BE BANKFULL AT SAINT
JOSEPH ABBEY DOWNSTREAM THREATENING THE ABBEY PARKING LOT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 49.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 35.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 50.5
FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 45.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3052 9004 3052 9014 3061 9019 3060 9010
JL
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