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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1245 PM CDT WED APR 10 2024
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR METAIRIE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
* AT 1245 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 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.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR METAIRIE. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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, HARVEY, TIMBERLANE, MARRERO, BELLE CHASSE, CHALMETTE,
AVONDALE, METAIRIE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO,
TERRYTOWN, WOODMERE, ESTELLE, BRIDGE CITY, MERAUX, ELMWOOD, VIOLET
AND POYDRAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLWING INTERSTATE...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 222 AND 231.
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 3005 9028 3005 9026 3002 9018 3002 9014
3002 9012 2991 9013 2994 8985 2982 8974
2978 9021 2991 9026
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
MSW
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