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WGUS44 KLIX 171456
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
956 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
.THE RIVER FORECAST INCLUDES 48 HOURS OF FORECASTED RAINFALL. THESE
RIVER FORECASTS COULD CHANGE BASED ON HOW POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE
1 TRACKS ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
FOR THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER...INCLUDING FOLSOM...MODERATE 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 WHEN UPDATES ARE NEEDED.
LAC103-180900-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FL.W.0077.260617T1456Z-260620T1500Z/
/FLSL1.2.ER.260617T1347Z.260618T0000Z.260620T0900Z.NO/
956 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, AREAS OF SPRING PARK AND ALBERT THOMPSON
ROAD WILL BE INUNDATED. HOMES WILL FLOOD IF THE RIVER RISES HIGHER.
EVACUATION OF THOSE AREAS IS RECOMMENDED. AT 19.0 FEET, LOUISIANA
HIGHWAY 40 WILL OVERFLOW THE WEST BANK BY THE BRIDGE. EVACUATION OF
THE AREA AROUND SPRING PARK AND ALBERT THOMPSON ROADS SHOULD BE
COMPLETE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 9:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 16.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 18.0 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 18.0
FEET ON 08/03/1983.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3056 9016 3051 9027 3078 9033 3078 9022
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