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WGUS44 KLIX 111400
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
900 AM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
FOR THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER...INCLUDING FOLSOM, U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR
COVINGTON...MINOR 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 900 PM CDT.
LAC103-120200-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0090.240912T1128Z-240913T0900Z/
/FLSL1.1.ER.240912T1128Z.240912T1800Z.240913T0300Z.NO/
900 AM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, AREAS OF SPRING PARK AND ALBERT THOMPSON
ROAD WILL BE INUNDATED. HOMES WILL FLOOD IF THE RIVER RISES
HIGHER. EVACUATION OF THOSE AREAS IS RECOMMENDED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 16.5 FEET EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3056 9016 3051 9027 3078 9033 3078 9022
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