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WGUS44 KLIX 120151
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
851 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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...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.0090.240912T1520Z-240913T1640Z/
/FLSL1.2.ER.240912T1520Z.240913T0000Z.240913T1040Z.NO/
851 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 40 WILL OVERFLOW THE
WEST BANK BY THE BRIDGE. EVACUATION OF THE AREA AROUND SPRING PARK
AND ALBERT THOMPSON ROADS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 18.0 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING.
- 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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