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WGUS44 KLIX 221627
FLWLIX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1127 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Louisiana...

  Mississippi River At Donaldsonville affecting Ascension Parish.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

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

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 late tonight at 330 AM CDT.

&&

LAC005-230830-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-250511T0600Z/
/DONL1.2.ER.000000T0000Z.250501T1200Z.250511T0000Z.NO/
1127 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY, MAY 11...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Donaldsonville.

* WHEN...Until Sunday, May 11.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:00 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 28.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 23.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 30.0
    feet Thursday, May 01. It will then fall below flood stage
    Saturday, May 10.
  - Flood stage is 27.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3009 9079 3001 9087 3032 9130 3035 9113


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