FLSLIX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1018 AM CST THU MAR 10 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA... BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR TYLERTOWN AFFECTING PIKE AND WALTHALL COUNTIES BOGUE CHITTO RIVER AT FRANKLINTON AFFECTING WASHINGTON PARISH BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR BUSH AFFECTING ST. TAMMANY PARISH 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. && MSC113-147-111018- /O.EXT.KLIX.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110313T0027Z/ /TYTM6.2.ER.110309T2035Z.110311T0000Z.110312T1827Z.NO/ 1018 AM CST THU MAR 10 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BOGUE CHITTO RIVER NEAR TYLERTOWN. * UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.3 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 21.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...SECONDARY ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIVER WILL FLOOD. HOMES CLOSE TO THE RIVER AND PORTIONS OF THE HIDDEN SPRINGS RESORT PARK WILL BE FLOODED. THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF PASTURE AND FARM LAND. $$