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WGUS74 KLIX 101547
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1047 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-PLAQUEMINES LA-ST. BERNARD LA-
1047 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON, ORLEANS, NORTHWESTERN
PLAQUEMINES AND WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISHES...
AT 1047 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS IN AND
AROUND NEW ORLEANS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WATER AND IMPASSIBLE. BETWEEN
2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, CHALMETTE, HARVEY, TIMBERLANE, MARRERO, BELLE CHASSE,
EAST NEW ORLEANS, METAIRIE, AVONDALE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, HARAHAN,
WESTWEGO, ARABI, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX, BRIDGE CITY, ELMWOOD, VIOLET
AND RIVER RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3002 9016 3003 9003 3004 9003 3004 9001
3006 8996 3015 8988 3013 8987 3015 8987
3015 8985 3002 8984 3000 8986 2995 8984
2987 8991 2989 9001 2990 9016 2987 9024
2991 9026 3005 9028
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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