LOTS of rain on the way for south Louisiana starting tomorrow night

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA...

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A WARM FRONT WILL BE LIFTING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY. A MOISTURE-RICH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE INTERACTING WITH THE SURFACE WARM FRONT TO BRING AN EXTENDED THREAT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND. THE THREAT WILL END WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE SUNDAY.



FLOOD WATCH

POINTE COUPEE
WEST FELICIANA
EAST FELICIANA
ST. HELENA
WASHINGTON
ST. TAMMANY
IBERVILLE
WEST BATON ROUGE
EAST BATON ROUGE
ASCENSION
LIVINGSTON
ASSUMPTION
ST. JAMES-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
NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA
WILKINSON
AMITE
PIKE
WALTHALL
PEARL RIVER
HANCOCK
HARRISON
JACKSON


...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE FRIDAY WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINFALL THAT CAN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. WIDESPREAD TWO DAY RAINFALL TOTALS COULD AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER BANDS OF RAIN POSSIBLY BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES SOMEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA