FLSLIX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 1003 AM CST THU MAR 10 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA... AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS AFFECTING EAST BATON ROUGE AND LIVINGSTON 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. && LAC033-063-111003- /O.CON.KLIX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110313T1312Z/ /DENL1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110311T1800Z.110313T0712Z.NO/ 1003 AM CST THU MAR 10 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE AMITE RIVER AT DENHAM SPRINGS. * UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 13TH...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9:00 AM THURSDAY MARCH 10TH THE STAGE WAS 29.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 29.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 31.5 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 13TH. * IMPACT...AT 30.0 FEET...FLOODING WILL BEGIN IN THE WESTERNMOST PARTS OF DENHAM SPRINGS. RIVER ROAD AT THE FOOT OF BENTON LANE WILL FLOOD. $$