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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...LOWER
JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST.
BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...ST. CHARLES...ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...UPPER JEFFERSON...
UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST. BERNARD...
UPPER TERREBONNE AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE AND WALTHALL.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
MODERATE DURATIONS OF HEAVIER RAIN MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES
IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS INCLUDE A LIKELIHOOD OF NUISANCE STREET FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER RAIN INTENSITIES THAT
MAY THREATEN INUNDATION OF PROPERTY AND VEHICLES. IN
ADDITION... COMMUNITIES NEAR TIDAL INFLUENCED WATERWAYS MAY
EXPERIENCE SLOW DRAINAGE DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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