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WGUS44 KLIX 121509
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1009 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
AMITE RIVER AT MAUREPAS AFFECTING LIVINGSTON PARISH.
FOR THE AMITE AND COMITE RIVERS...INCLUDING OLIVE BRANCH, COMITE
JOOR RD, DARLINGTON, GRANGEVILLE, MAGNOLIA, DENHAM SPRINGS, BAYOU
MANCHAC POINT, BAYOU MANCHAC NEAR LITTLE PRAIRIE, PORT VINCENT,
FRENCH SETTLEMENT, MAUREPAS...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 215 AM CDT.
LAC063-130715-
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/MAUL1.2.ER.240911T2035Z.240912T1130Z.240913T1717Z.NO/
1009 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...AMITE RIVER AT MAUREPAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 9:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 3.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 5.0 FEET
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO FALL.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3034 9054 3025 9056 3026 9066 3035 9064
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