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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
320 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.
* AT 320 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
NEW ORLEANS, HAHNVILLE, LAPLACE, METAIRIE, AVONDALE, RESERVE,
JEFFERSON, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, NEW SARPY, DESTREHAN, NORCO, ST.
ROSE, TAFT, AMA, LULING, MONTZ, BOUTTE, KILLONA AND WAGGAMAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 212...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 230.
INTERSTATE 55 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 2.
INTERSTATE 310 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
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 3009 9064 3012 9043 3009 9042 3006 9038
3005 9030 3004 9028 3005 9026 3002 9018
3002 9012 2990 9014 2990 9037 3002 9058
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
HRL
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