[justa-hairyape]

That report of 26 inches of rain cannot be right. Maybe the flood gates are letting water in through that canal ? Below at Lake Pontchartrain west end only 3.51 inches of rain reported in past 24 hours.

Lake Pontchartrain at West End (85625)

[justa-hairyape]

Got to run, but basically the Mississippi has already risen between 5 and 8 feet in past 24 hours The good news is that water levels were very low to start. Still not even at half flood stage levels. If you want to follow the rising water levels, select link below. Click on the New Orleans area of map. Go to choose a basin. Select All 14 Basins Below.

RiverGages.com

This report is weird. Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long has risen about 30 feet in past 24 hours. Its record high stage was about 23 feet ? Weird.

Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long (03210)

[Wonder Warthog]

"That report of 26 inches of rain cannot be right."

Yes it can. Twenty or so years back, Slidell, Louisiana had 24 inches of rain in a 24 hour period, and that was NOT during a hurricane. Louisiana native living in Baton Rouge at the time. I had occasion to drive through there a day or so later, and on both sides of the Interstate was one sheet of water.