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WGUS84 KLIX 130058 RRA
FLSLIX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
758 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR BUSH 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON CDT.
LAC103-131700-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-260516T1800Z/
/BSHL1.1.ER.260509T2105Z.260512T0015Z.260516T1200Z.NO/
758 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR BUSH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, HOMES IN LOW-LYING AREAS ON THE DOWNSTREAM
SIDE OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 21 NEAR THE BRIDGE WILL FLOOD. THE
ACCESS ROAD UPSTREAM OF THE BRIDGE WILL REMAIN INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.6 FEET SUNDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3067 8995 3063 8983 3053 8978 3053 8982
3058 8986 3062 8999 3081 9018 3081 9012
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