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WGUS44 KLIX 171613
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1113 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON AFFECTING
ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN COVINGTON 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 HIGHER FLOODING.
FOR THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER...INCLUDING FOLSOM, U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR
COVINGTON...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
FOR THE BOGUE FALAYA...INCLUDING CAMP COVINGTON, BOSTON ST IN
COVINGTON...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.
LAC103-181015-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0072.260617T1613Z-260622T0600Z/
/CVEL1.2.ER.260617T1050Z.260619T1200Z.260622T0000Z.NO/
1113 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN COVINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, THERE WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING
AROUND THE GROUNDS OF THE CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL AND BOGUE FALAYA
RIVER PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 6.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT TO
11.5 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.3
FEET ON 01/12/2013.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3042 9004 3042 9016 3052 9014 3052 9004
LAC103-181015-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0071.260617T2200Z-260621T1320Z/
/CUSL1.2.ER.260617T2200Z.260618T1800Z.260621T0720Z.NO/
1113 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER ABOVE U.S. HIGHWAY 190 NEAR COVINGTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, THE ENTRANCE ROAD TO CAMP TCHEFUNCTE WILL
FLOOD. THE CAMPGROUNDS WILL BE INACCESSIBLE BY AUTO AND EVACUATION
OF THE CAMPGROUND AREA IS ADVISED. HOMES BETWEEN TANTELLA RANCH
ROAD AND THE RIVER AS WELL AS HOMES ON TRINCHARD ROAD AND LOUISIANA
HIGHWAY 1077 WILL BE THREATENED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 26.0 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 26.0
FEET ON 02/20/1988.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3046 9007 3041 9018 3051 9027 3056 9016
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