Flood Statement
WGUS84 KLIX 151620
 FLSLIX
 FLOOD STATEMENT 
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 
 1020 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
 LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI...
 
   THE PEARL RIVER NEAR BOGALUSA AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY AND WASHINGTON
   PARISHES IN LOUISIANA AND HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES IN
   MISSISSIPPI
    
   THE PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN
   LOUISIANA AND HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI
 
 
 FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH 
 ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS 
 WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.
 
 
 DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF
 RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS.  TURN 
 AROUND AND DON`T DROWN.
 
 
 A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 
 RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR 
 THE LATEST INFORMATION.  THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION 
 CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV.
 
 
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 1020 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
   THE PEARL RIVER NEAR BOGALUSA.
 * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
 * AT  9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.6 FEET. 
 * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
 * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
 * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING UNTIL FINALLY 
   CRESTING AT AROUND 20.6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL THEN 
   SLOWLY FALL TO AROUND 20.1 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING.
 * IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER 
   WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE 
   INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS. 
   AT 21 FEET PROPERTY EAST OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 21 ALONG BOGALUSA 
   CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
 
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 1020 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
   THE PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER.
 * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
 * AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET. 
 * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
 * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. 
 * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING UNTIL CRESTING AROUND
   15.8 FEET EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL THEN SLOWLY FALL
   TO AROUND 15.0 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
   AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
 * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...LOWER PORTIONS OF STREETS IN RIVER GARDENS 
   SUBDIVISION WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. SECONDARY ROADS TO THE RIVER AND 
   THROUGHOUT HONEY ISLAND SWAMP WILL REMAIN INUNDATED. PROPERTY IN 
   THE VICINITY OF THE GAGE IS FLOODED THREATENING ABOUT 20 HOMES 
   ALONG THE LEFT BANK.  THE BOGUE CHITTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
   WILL BE CLOSED TO HUNTING AT THE 15.5 FOOT STAGE.
 
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Freeze Warning
WWUS74 KLCH 152052
 NPWLCH
 
 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
 252 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
 MORNING...
 
 .A STRONG SURFACE HIGH BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
 BUILD SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING...BRINGING THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR
 THIS SEASON.
 
 LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180>182-201-161600-
 /O.EXT.KLCH.HZ.W.0001.090116T0400Z-090116T1600Z/
 VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
 CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-
 JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-
 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
 DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
 JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...WOODVILLE...
 JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON
 252 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
 10 AM CST FRIDAY...
 
 THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
 TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY. 
 
 TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S
 ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND THE UPPER
 20S ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW
 FREEZING FOR 9 TO 12 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND
 FRIDAY MORNING.
 
 A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUB-FREEZING
 TEMPERATURES IS QUITE LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE
 PROPERTY SUCH AS EXPOSED PIPES AND WILL KILL ANY SENSITIVE
 VEGETATION. CHECK ON YOUR ELDERLY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR PROPER
 HEATING SOURCES. THOSE WHO HAVE GAS HEAT SHOULD MAKE SURE CARBON
 MONOXIDE DETECTORS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. MAKE SURE PORTABLE
 SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND PLACED WELL AWAY FROM
 FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS BEDDING AND CURTAINS.
 
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Freeze Warning
WWUS74 KLIX 152228
 NPWLIX
 
 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
 428 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 ...ARCTIC COLD AIR INVADES THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS WEEK...
 
 .ANOTHER SURGE OF VERY COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH ARCTIC HIGH
 PRESSURE WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS ARCTIC COLD
 FRONT WILL RESULT IN THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER
 SEASON TO DATE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST
 LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
 
 LAZ034>040-046>050-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-160630-
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 POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
 WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
 EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-
 WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
 ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
 HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
 MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
 PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
 DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...CENTREVILLE...
 WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...
 PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...
 BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...
 ST. MARTIN
 428 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
 TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...
 
 A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
 TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
 LOUISIANA...NORTH AND WEST OF LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS AND
 SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
 
 AS ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES
 ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING BY LATE EVENING AND BOTTOM
 OUT IN THE MID 20S FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
 MORNING. A NORTHERLY WIND AROUND 10 MPH WILL CAUSE THE COLD AIR
 TO AFFECT SOME NORMALLY SHELTERED LOCATIONS. A LONGER DURATION OF
 EVEN COLDER FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT
 WITH LIGHTER WINDS.
 
 THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION...HARM
 OUTDOOR PETS...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE EXPOSED WATER PIPES
 TO BURST.
 
 TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR PIPES...
 PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY.
 THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEIR
 SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM
 FREEZING.
 
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 LAZ056>070-160630-
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 ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
 ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
 UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-LOWER TERREBONNE-
 LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
 LOWER ST. BERNARD-
 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERRE PART...LABADIEVILLE...
 PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...RESERVE...
 THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...
 KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...
 HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...GALLIANO...
 CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...YSCLOSKEY
 428 PM CST THU JAN 15 2009
 
 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
 9 AM CST FRIDAY...
 
 A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTH OF
 THE TIDAL LAKES. 
 
 AS ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES
 ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH FREEZING AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
 AND BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 30S FOR A FEW HOURS OVERNIGHT AND
 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE ONLY AREA THAT MAY REMAIN JUST ABOVE
 FREEZING OVERNIGHT IS THE EXTREME LOWER PORTION OF PLAQUEMINES
 PARISH AND THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS OF TERREBONNE...
 LAFOURCHE...AND JEFFERSON PARISHES.
 
 A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
 HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
 SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
 
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