THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS EXTENDED THE

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.

* AT 1154 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATON ROUGE, BAKER, DENHAM SPRINGS, PORT ALLEN, OAK HILLS PLACE,
ADDIS, BRUSLY, MERRYDALE, WESTMINSTER, GARDERE, INNISWOLD,
BROWNFIELDS, VILLAGE ST. GEORGE, SHENANDOAH, OLD JEFFERSON AND
BATON ROUGE AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED, OR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA, ASCENSION, ASSUMPTION, EAST BATON ROUGE, EAST
FELICIANA, IBERVILLE, LIVINGSTON, LOWER JEFFERSON, LOWER
LAFOURCHE, LOWER PLAQUEMINES, LOWER ST. BERNARD, LOWER
TERREBONNE, NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA, ORLEANS, POINTE COUPEE,
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA, ST. CHARLES, ST. HELENA, ST. JAMES, ST.
JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST. TAMMANY, UPPER JEFFERSON, UPPER
LAFOURCHE, UPPER PLAQUEMINES, UPPER ST. BERNARD, UPPER
TERREBONNE, WASHINGTON, WEST BATON ROUGE, AND WEST FELICIANA.
IN MISSISSIPPI, AMITE, HANCOCK, HARRISON, JACKSON, PEARL
RIVER, PIKE, WALTHALL, AND WILKINSON.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TOMORROW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM ANY OF THE
STORMS. SEVERAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND GROUNDS
HAVE BECOME SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THESE AREAS.

* SOME LOCALIZED TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
LIKELY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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