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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
923 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...The National Weather Service in New Orleans LA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...

  Mississippi River At Red River Landing affecting East Baton Rouge,
   West Feliciana and Pointe Coupee Parishes.

For the Lower Mississippi River...including Red River Landing...
Minor flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/lix.  Click
on the Rivers and Lakes menu for forecasts and observations.

The next statement will be issued Thursday afternoon at 330 PM CDT.

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923 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY, MAY
27...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Red River Landing.

* WHEN...From late Tuesday night to Monday, May 27.

* IMPACTS...At 51.0 feet, All river islands along the reach from Red
  River Landing to Baton Rouge will be inundated. Recreational camps
  and river bottom farm land will be under water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 45.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 46.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    Wednesday, May 15 to a crest of 50.5 feet Wednesday, May 22.
    It will then fall below flood stage Sunday, May 26.
  - Flood stage is 48.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    50.5 feet on 04/16/1874.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3074 9137 3071 9159 3102 9170 3103 9153


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