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WGUS74 KLIX 112028
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
228 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

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ST. TAMMANY LA-
228 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WESTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR WESTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH...

AT 210 PM CST...RADAR ESTIMATED A SWATH OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWEST ST. TAMMANY PARISH TODAY. MANY RIVER POINTS
ARE EXPERIENCING MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAS CREATED
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AROUND AND NEAR MOST RIVERS ACROSS WESTERN ST. TAMMANY
PARISH...ESPECIALLY ALONG BOGUE FALAYA RIVER JUST SOUTHEAST OF FOLSOM
THROUGH COVINGTON.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR POINTS ALONG BOGUE FALAYA RIVER.
SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...ABITA SPRINGS...MADISONVILLE AND FOLSOM.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER. THE FLOOD
CREST IS EXPECTED TO REACH 62.5 CAMP COVINGTON FEET THIS AFTEROON.
THE FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO REACH 19 FEET AT BOSTON STREET
TOMORROW MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT...LON 3066 8997 3030 8999 3032 9001 3032 9004
      3035 9006 3037 9010 3039 9020 3037 9024
      3060 9024 3061 9025 3065 9024 3071 9026

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