FLSLIX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 826 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI... THE PEARL RIVER NEAR BOGALUSA AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY...WASHINGTON... HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES/PARISHES THE PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY...HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES/PARISHES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS. TURN AROUND AND DON`T DROWN. A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV. && LAC103-117-MSC045-109-251926- /O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110326T1536Z/ /BXAL1.1.ER.110309T1434Z.110316T1230Z.110326T0936Z.NO/ 826 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PEARL RIVER NEAR BOGALUSA. * UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 8:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...WOODLANDS AND CROP ACREAGE ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE FLOODED. THE BOGUE CHITTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE INUNDATED WITH WATER IN RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND OVER ACCESS ROADS. $$