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FFWLIX The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Ascension Parish in southeastern Louisiana... Assumption Parish in southeastern Louisiana... Southeastern Iberville Parish in southeastern Louisiana... Northwestern Lafourche Parish in southeastern Louisiana... St. James Parish in southeastern Louisiana... West Central St. John The Baptist Parish in southeastern Louisiana... * Until 145 PM CDT. * At 1038 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Gonzales, Donaldsonville, Napoleonville, Reserve, Gramercy, Lutcher, White Castle, Sorrento, Belle Rose, Paincourtville, Convent, Supreme, Labadieville, Geismar, Chackbay, North Vacherie, South Vacherie, Wallace and Garyville.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Louisiana, including the following parishes, Assumption, Central Jefferson, Central Plaquemines, Central St. Charles, Central Tangipahoa, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Eastern Ascension, Eastern Orleans, Iberville, Lower St. Charles, Lower Tangipahoa, Northern Livingston, Northern St. Tammany, Northern Tangipahoa, Pointe Coupee, Southeast St. Tammany, Southern Livingston, Southwestern St. Tammany, St. Helena, St. James, St. John The Baptist, Upper Jefferson, Upper Lafourche, Upper Plaquemines, Upper St. Bernard, Upper St. Charles, Upper Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, Western Ascension and Western Orleans and southern Mississippi, including the following areas, Amite, Northern Hancock, Northern Harrison, Northern Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Southern Hancock, Southern Harrison, Southern Jackson, Walthall and Wilkinson. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A very moist airmass will be in place across the area for the next several days. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall are expected through Tuesday night. Widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches are expected in the watch area through Thursday night with isolated totals considerably higher. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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.