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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1234 PM CST SUN JAN 29 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST.
* AT 1234 PM CST, RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY HAS DECREASED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, HOWEVER RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING. BETWEEN 5
AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS AND
DRAINAGES IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WATER
WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN FROM THE FLOODED AREAS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATON ROUGE, DENHAM SPRINGS, OAK HILLS PLACE, WESTMINSTER,
INNISWOLD, VILLAGE ST. GEORGE, GARDERE, SHENANDOAH, MERRYDALE AND
OLD JEFFERSON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 168.
INTERSTATE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
INTERSTATE 110 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3038 9095 3035 9093 3035 9097 3033 9102
3033 9111 3035 9120 3035 9123 3038 9122
3042 9119 3051 9119 3050 9098 3046 9099
3043 9098 3042 9098 3042 9097 3039 9097
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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