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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ASSUMPTION...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE
BAPTIST AND ST. TAMMANY. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...PEARL RIVER.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG A STALLED FRONT IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD AND STEADY
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. A BAND OF HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6
INCHES MAY DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES
AND LOWER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RUN OFF WILL
CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO SWELL TO HIGHER LEVELS AND
POSSIBLY CAUSE A FEW TO FLOOD INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. IN
ADDITION...ANTICIPATED STRONG ONSHORE FLOW TONIGHT MAY COMPOUND
RIVER RISES DUE TO TIDAL AFFECTS UNTIL WINDS SHIFT TO AN
OFFSHORE DIRECTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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