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WGUS44 KLIX 171641
FLWLIX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1141 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION 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...MAJOR 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.
LAC103-181045-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0077.000000T0000Z-260620T0045Z/
/FLSL1.3.ER.260617T1347Z.260617T2100Z.260619T1845Z.NO/
1141 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...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. AT 21.0 FEET, THERE WILL
BE WATER IN HOMES NEAR SAVANNAH BRANCH. EVACUATION WILL BE REQUIRED
NEAR BENNET BRIDGE ROAD. THERE WILL BE WATER OVER LOW LYING
STRETCHES OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 1077 DOWNSTREAM OF THE HIGHWAY 40
BRIDGE. EVACUATION OF THE AREA AROUND SPRING PARK AND ALBERT
THOMPSON ROADS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 21.0 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.0
FEET ON 02/02/1988.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3056 9016 3051 9027 3078 9033 3078 9022
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