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WGUS84 KLIX 120101
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
801 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON AFFECTING
ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
FOR THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER...INCLUDING FOLSOM, U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR
COVINGTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1215 PM CDT.
LAC103-121715-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-260515T0100Z/
/CUSL1.1.ER.260509T1855Z.260510T1745Z.260514T1900Z.NO/
801 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 22.0 FEET, TCHEFUNCTE RIVER CAMP GROUNDS WILL BE
UNDER A FEW INCHES OF WATER. THE GOODBEE COMMUNITY IS THREATENED
WITH FLOODING. WATER WILL INVADE CAMP TCHEFUNCTE'S PARKING LOT.
VEHICLES MUST BE REMOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 13.9 FEET
SATURDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3046 9007 3041 9018 3051 9027 3056 9016
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