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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
413 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...HURRICANE IDA APPROACHING THE LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
COASTLINES WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA...

AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL SHIFT
EASTWARD TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A NON-TROPICAL LOW OVER THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE TOWARD THE GULF COAST. THIS LOW
WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT...AS HURRICANE
IDA MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. HURRICANE IDA WILL
APPROACH THE GULF COAST JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE STORM
WILL CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE ALABAMA COASTLINE TUESDAY
NIGHT...DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION.

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TANGIPAHOA-WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-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-PIKE-WALTHALL-PEARL RIVER-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...
FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...
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...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...
BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...
PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
413 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...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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