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WGUS44 KLIX 120148
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
848 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT.
LAC103-121800-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0083.240912T0446Z-240914T1102Z/
/CVEL1.2.ER.240912T0446Z.240913T0000Z.240914T0502Z.NO/
848 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN COVINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, WATER ON EAST BOSTON STREET AND ON LA HWY
21 EAST OF THE RIVER WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. LOW-LYING AREAS
NEAR THE BOGUE FALAYA AND ABITA RIVERS WILL FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.0 FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3042 9004 3042 9016 3052 9014 3052 9004
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