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WGUS84 KLIX 061441
FLSNEW
LAC005-033-077-121-125-070300-
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
940 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2002

A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
NEAR RED RIVER LANDING...BATON ROUGE...DONALDSONVILLE. 

ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING THE LATEST STAGE WAS 
54.9 FEET AT 7 AM THURSDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET. THE RIVER HAS 
CRESTED AND WILL FALL SLOWLY.

ALL RIVER ISLANDS ALONG THE REACH FROM RED RIVER LANDING TO BATON 
ROUGE WILL REMAIN INUNDATED WITH RECREATIONAL CAMPS AND RIVER BOTTOM 
FARM LAND WILL BE UNDER WATER.  

ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT BATON ROUGE THE LATEST STAGE WAS 38.0 
FEET AT 7 AM THURSDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 35.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS NEAR 
CREST.

RIVER TRAFFIC AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE LEVEES 
WILL BE GREATLY AFFECTED. NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS WILL BE 
STRICTLY ENFORCED.  

ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DONALDSONVILLE THE LATEST STAGE WAS 28.2 
FEET AT 7 AM THURSDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS NEAR 
CREST.

NAVIGATION BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR SMALLER RIVER CRAFT. SAFETY 
PRECAUTIONS FOR RIVER TRAFFIC ARE URGED.  

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.