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WGUS74 KLIX 101921
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
221 PM CDT WED APR 10 2024
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-PLAQUEMINES LA-ST. BERNARD LA-ST. CHARLES
LA-
221 PM CDT WED APR 10 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS,
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES, WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD AND EAST CENTRAL
ST. CHARLES PARISHES...
AT 221 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 UP TO 0.3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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, 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 230.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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...CONSIDERABLE
MSW
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