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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
620 PM CDT SAT OCT 3 2026
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-PLAQUEMINES LA-ST. BERNARD LA-ST. CHARLES
LA-
620 PM CDT SAT OCT 3 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS,
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES, WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD AND EASTERN ST.
CHARLES PARISHES...
AT 620 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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, KENNER, HARVEY, CHALMETTE, METAIRIE, JEFFERSON,
GRETNA, ARABI, TERRYTOWN, BRIDGE CITY, ELMWOOD, MERAUX, RIVER
RIDGE, VIOLET AND NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3005 9025 3006 9021 3006 9019 3005 9012
3005 9010 3001 8993 2997 8986 2992 8981
2989 8986 2990 8994 2990 9009 2994 9018
2999 9027 3004 9028
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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