BATON ROUGE – The area is under a flash flood watch ahead of day-long rain Friday and into Saturday morning.

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH*** for the shaded area. We'll have updated forecasts and post warnings, if issued. #WBRZwx pic.twitter.com/eMXQvNjGYt

— WBRZ Weather (@WBRZweather) October 24, 2019

The National Weather Service issued the flash flood watch for Friday morning through Saturday afternoon around 1 p.m.

Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches will be common with higher amounts possible, a weather advisory warned. Flash flooding – particularly in troubled highway spots – is likely in some areas.

“Isolated street flooding is possible. Both commutes on Friday could be slow-going,” WBRZ’s Dr. Josh Eachus warned in his weather blog Thursday.

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Click HERE for the WBRZ.com weather page.

Listen to traffic reports on Talk 107.3 FM, Eagle 98.1 and 100.7 The Tiger each weekday morning and evening - especially Friday.

Watch newscasts Thursday and all day Friday for changing weather patterns and updated forecast models.

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