FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA
1111 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN COVINGTON AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY
PARISH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT BOSTON ST IN COVINGTON.
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 10:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.1 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.0 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON
TOMORROW. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE
SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 24TH.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...BOGUE FALAYA RIVER PARK WILL BE INUNDATED.
SOME CLASSROOMS AT CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL GROUNDS WILL FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...WATER WILL RISE ONTO THE RIGHT BANK FLOODING
PROPERTY OF THE BOGUE FALAYA TOWERS AT EAST BOSTON STREET AND
THREATENING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON THE LEFT BANK NEAR MILITARY
ROAD. BOGUE FALAYA RIVER PARK AND CHRIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOL GROUNDS
WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...THE RIVER WILL LEAVE ITS BANKS UNDER THE
BOSTON STREET BRIDGE AND BEGIN TO FLOOD THE BOSTON TOWERS PROPERTY.
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