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WGUS84 KLIX 130056
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
756 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON AFFECTING
ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 215 AM CDT.
LAC103-130715-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-260513T0708Z/
/CUSL1.1.ER.260509T1855Z.260510T1745Z.260513T0108Z.NO/
756 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, WATER WILL INVADE CAMP TCHEFUNCTE'S
PARKING LOT. VEHICLES MUST BE REMOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 13.0 FEET SUNDAY
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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