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WGUS44 KLIX 181622
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1122 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DONALDSONVILLE AFFECTING ASCENSION PARISH.
FOR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING RED RIVER LANDING, BATON
ROUGE, DONALDSONVILLE...MAJOR 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 330 AM CDT.
LAC005-190830-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0016.250420T1800Z-250503T1400Z/
/DONL1.1.ER.250420T1800Z.250426T1200Z.250503T0800Z.NO/
1122 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY, MAY
03...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DONALDSONVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY, MAY 03.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 29.5 FEET SATURDAY,
APRIL 26. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY, MAY
03.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3009 9079 3001 9087 3032 9130 3035 9113
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