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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1055 AM CDT WED APR 10 2024
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT.
* AT 1055 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS IN
AND AROUND NEW ORLEANS ARE UNDERWATER AND IMPASSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, CHALMETTE, EAST NEW ORLEANS, HARVEY, MARRERO, GRETNA,
WESTWEGO, ARABI, TERRYTOWN, MERAUX AND LAKEFRONT AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3002 9012 3004 9004 3003 9003 3004 9003
3004 9000 3006 8996 3011 8989 3002 8987
2993 8991 2991 9013
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
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