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WGUS44 KLIX 111727
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1227 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
AMITE RIVER AT MAUREPAS AFFECTING LIVINGSTON PARISH.
AMITE RIVER AT FRENCH SETTLEMENT AFFECTING LIVINGSTON AND
ASCENSION PARISHES.
FOR THE AMITE AND COMITE RIVERS...INCLUDING MAUREPAS, FRENCH
SETTLEMENT...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 830 PM CDT.
LAC063-120130-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0092.240911T1905Z-240912T1654Z/
/MAUL1.1.ER.240911T1905Z.240911T2200Z.240912T1053Z.NO/
1227 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...AMITE RIVER AT MAUREPAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, WATER WILL BEGIN ENTERING HOMES AND
NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. WATERWAYS WILL BE
CLOSED AT MOST LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 4.9 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3034 9054 3025 9056 3026 9066 3035 9064
LAC005-063-120130-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0093.240911T2042Z-240912T1640Z/
/FSLL1.1.ER.240911T2042Z.240911T2200Z.240912T1040Z.NO/
1227 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TOMORROW
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...AMITE RIVER AT FRENCH SETTLEMENT.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 4.5 FEET, BACKWATER FLOODING WILL ISOLATE FISHING
CAMPS. LOW-LYING ROADS IN THE MAUREPAS AREA WILL BE IMPASSABLE.
LOUISIANA TRACE WILL BE IMPASSABLE.
AT 5.0 FEET, LOUISIANA TRACE WILL BE IMPASSABLE. HIGHWATER ROAD AT
LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 16 MAY BE IMPASSABLE. PERSISTANT EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WIND AND HIGH TIDES ON LAKE MAUREPAS WILL MAINTAIN HIGH
RIVER STAGES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 3.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 4.8 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3035 9064 3026 9066 3026 9084 3033 9078
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