949
WGUS54 KLIX 151432
FFWLIX
LAC051-071-151730-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
928 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...METAIRIE...MARRERO...
KENNER...HARVEY...AVONDALE...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 926 AM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER UPTOWN AND ALGIERS. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
IN AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF OVER MUCH OF NEW ORLEANS AND
JEFFERSON PARISH.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 2982 9015 2991 9026 3005 9026 3003 9018
3003 9001 2999 9000 2997 9001 2996 9000
2991 8998 2985 9003 2984 9006 2982 9006
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 180DEG 0KT 2999 9009 2996 9020
2984 9014
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