Page 599 - Flash Flooding News Today

In the 20 inch category. this little spot here is 15 inches. the area of greatest concern with the high risk of flash flooding where roads could be closed, communities cut off, that is in this area from southern portions of mississippi, baton rouge to houma. we could see 10 to 15 inches of rain that could fall in the next 24 hours. the greatest concern is the small rivers and streams in those areas. if you want to google something about people that have been affected by flooding. look at bat on ...

Were talking about two days worth of rain. this rain has to go somewhere, were going to see it trickle into the creeks, streams, rivers, and thats where we get the problems, were going to see major construction in some areas. this is what the radar looks like over the past three hours, you see the bands, the darker colors, thats where were looking at. were going to see the threat for tornados. you see those winds shift around and that could cause the potential for some land falling tornados. las...

Be expecting. the good news, jo, is that the mississippi river, that fear that it was going to crest at 19, 20 feet overtopping the levees, that is no longer a concern. the river already crested at 16, 17 feet, but new orleans and its surroundings not out of the woods because, again, were now facing storm surge, flash flooding and historic levels of rainfall, possibly 10 to 20 inches in the area. and again, when youre facing pictures like this, the message to residents is to hunker down and wait...

Risk continues to remain heavy rain for the city of new orleans pl. we begin with fox team coverage senior correspondent rick leventhal on scene in new orleans but we begin with meteorologist adam in the fox extreme weather center adam. >> hey there jon barry helicopters to crawl moving to north only at 7 miles an hour but this is a system theres your center of circulation thats just a little ways off to west of laugh yet, louisiana, and the real story with this and continue to be -- and not whe...

Of the flooding this past spring. additional rainfall and storm surge is of concern. more than 2500 louisiana national guard troops were activated they were out ahead of time helping sand bag and distribute supplies. and then they will remain on the ground here to assist with rescue, recovery, and clean up. one more point to emphasize, we hated to sound like a broken record, but thats what we keep reading is what rob talked about how slow this is moving. the rain isnt here yet. but, once it gets...

Beyond the radar range is even more. so throughout the next 24 hours or so all this moisture is going to continue to move north. look at these rain bands. this is where we get that heavy rain as far as the mississippi coast and even into alabama and mobile there could be tornadoes there could be flooding rains at any one of those rained bands. jedediah: when it comes to flooding, im actually concerned about what can be done about this. we talked about some people who said oh there are these stru...

National guard was sand bagging the area. the wind is picking up. this slow-moving storm expected to make land fall later today. im close to highway 23, the only way in and out of the area. if the water continues to move so quickly into the highway, you can see why authorities wanted to evacuate the residence in this community. the good news for new orleans is that the river crest, the fear in the week that those would crest at 19, 20 feet overtopping the levees, that is no longer a concern. the...

Fill in. here is the track for tropical storm barry. we are looking at a very slow-moving storm. were looking at a huge storm. lots of water with this and the possible for some life threatening flash flooding. so here we go as we go throughout time at 1:00. were still in louisiana. not until the northern part of alexandria until late monday. it will move into the tennessee valley, the ohio valley and the northeast. the big weather headline for this storm continues to be the rain, the flooding ra...

Eric: tropical storm barry downgraded from hurricane after making landfall in louisiana, whats being called a major dangerous flooding expected along the mississippi river, that is barry moves very slowly north. heaviest rain, well, that hasnt hit the land yet, steve harrigon, right on the gulf as you can see with preparations there, hey, steve, how is it going? >> eric, the wind has been pretty steady throughout the day, light rain falling right now, you can see the white caps churning behind m...

Of the state. thats why we have watches going from memphis southward, little rock, alexandria, and biloxi. we have no red. this map will be filled right here in the southern portion of the state because thats where we think the flash flooding will occur. the big question is, how much rainfall are we going to get? you notice not much in lafayette. look where the bulls eye is from morgan city, and the computer is saying baton rouge has a chance of getting 18 inches of rain. thats why were so conce...