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WGUS84 KLIX 082036
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
336 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT AFFECTING TANGIPAHOA PARISH.
FOR THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER...INCLUDING ROBERT...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 MONDAY MORNING AT 745 AM CDT.
LAC105-091245-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0013.260308T2224Z-260310T1800Z/
/ROBL1.1.ER.260308T2224Z.260309T0600Z.260310T1200Z.NO/
336 PM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER WITH BEACH
AREAS UNDER WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.0 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3036 9025 3030 9030 3069 9050 3069 9043
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