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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH 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...UPPER
JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER ST.
BERNARD AND UPPER TERREBONNE. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON.

* FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD 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 TUESDAY 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
TUESDAY NIGHT 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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