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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1036 AM CST Tue Feb 18 2025

...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 West Feliciana,
  Pointe Coupee and East Baton Rouge 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.

Stay tuned to further developments by listening to your local radio,
television, or NOAA Weather Radio for further information.

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 245 AM CST.

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LAC033-077-125-190845-
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/RRLL1.1.ER.250222T0600Z.250301T0000Z.250310T0000Z.NO/
1036 AM CST Tue Feb 18 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY, MARCH
10...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

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

* WHEN...From late Friday night to Monday, March 10.

* 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 9:00 AM CST Tuesday the stage was 45.1 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 46.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early Saturday morning to a crest of 50.0 feet Friday,
    February 28. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday,
    March 09.
  - Flood stage is 48.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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


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