Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds to 10 mph.
Saturday
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the morning...then slight chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Rain showers and thunderstorms in the evening... then rain showers likely and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
Sunday
Cooler. Partly cloudy with chance of rain showers in the morning...then sunny with slight chance of light rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
The Flood Warning continues for the Pearl River near Bogalusa. * Until Monday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 10:00 am Friday the stage was 19.0 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 18.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by late Monday morning. * Impact... at 18.5 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.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:00 am CDT on March 19, 2010
... 2010 National flood safety awareness week...
... This is last day of National flood safety awareness week 2010...
Your National Weather Service office at New Orleans/Baton Rouge Louisiana is Happy to have your participation in the third annual National flood safety awareness week.
The theme today... March 19... is flood safety and preparation. Floods happen everywhere. Between 1974 and 2003... an average of 106 deaths occurred in floods per year. Good preparation and knowing what to do in a flood will increase your safety and possibly your survival.
Some flood safety preparation tips are...
Prepare a family disaster plan.
Determine if your insurance covers flood damages. If not... get flood insurance.
Keep insurance... important documents... and other valuable items in a safe deposit box.
Assemble a disaster supplies kit.
Find out where you can go if ordered to evacuate.
Make a keep-in-touch arrangement with relatives and friends.
Refer to the American Red Cross or to the federal emergency management agency web sites for ideas and examples of disaster plans and disaster kits.
Additional information about a h p S... turn around... don't drown... flood-related phenomena... the National flood insurance program... safety and preparation... and the 2010 flood safety awareness week is available at:
Www.Weather.Gov/floodsafety/
For more information contact the service hydrologist... Patricia Brown at 9 8 5 6 4 5 0 5 6 5.