BATON ROUGE — A Flood Watch is now in effect across much of south Louisiana as multiple rounds of storms are expected to move through the region from Friday morning through early Saturday.
According to the National Weather Service, widespread rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches are expected, with isolated areas potentially seeing more than 6 inches if storms repeatedly track over the same locations.
Forecasters warn that the combination of heavy rainfall rates, possibly 1 to 3 inches per hour, could lead to isolated flash flooding.
Severe storm threat expands
In addition to flooding concerns, forecasters say the severe weather threat has expanded to include the entire Baton Rouge metro area…