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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
842 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.
* AT 842 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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,
MARRERO, HARVEY, JEFFERSON, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, DESTREHAN, NEW
SARPY, ST. ROSE, NORCO, AMA, LULING, TAFT, MONTZ AND WAGGAMAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 212...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 234.
INTERSTATE 610 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
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.
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 3012 9043 3008 9041 3006 9038 3006 9031
3005 9028 3005 9026 3002 9018 3002 9013
3003 9010 2991 9009 2990 9011 2988 9017
2989 9030 2992 9040 2998 9053 3008 9065
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
JL
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