
690 
WGUS74 KLIX 020855
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
355 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012

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ST. TAMMANY LA-
355 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL ST. TAMMANY PARISH...

ST TAMMANY PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE PEARL 
RIVER DIVERSION CANAL LOCK AND DAM NUMBER TWO WHICH IS DAMAGED AND 
COULD POTENTIALLY FAIL. HEAVY SCOUR HAS TAKEN PLACE ALONGSIDE THE 
RELIEF SILL BUT PRESSURE HAS BEEN RELIEVED SOME OVERNIGHT. THE BOGUE 
CHITTO RIVER STAGE READING AT BUSH WAS 19.79 FEET AT 315 AM CDT AND 
NEAR CREST. 

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND INTEREST 
DOWNSTREAM OF PEARL RIVER LOCK AND DAM NUMBER 2 NEAR BUSH DOWNSTREAM 
TO HIGHWAY 36 AT HICKORY FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 41. 

PERSONS AND INTERESTS IN THIS WARNED AREA SHOULD NOT RETURN UNTIL 
THE LOCAL OFFICIALS GIVE THE ALL CLEAR. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ST TAMMANY PARISH PERSONNEL WILL REVIEW THE 
INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THIS REMAINS 
A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITHIN A LIMITED AREA NEAR AND DOWNSTREAM OF 
THE PEARL RIVER DIVERSION CANAL BELOW LOCK AND DAM NUMBER TWO. 

LAT...LON 3059 8981 3057 8981 3051 8976 3042 8974
      3042 8978 3047 8981 3051 8982 3054 8987
      3059 8987

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