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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1040 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
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ST. CHARLES LA-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST LA-
1040 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN ST. CHARLES AND
CENTRAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISHES...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3002 9018 3002 9013 3003 9010 2991 9009
2988 9017 2989 9025 2990 9026 2992 9027
2997 9028 3005 9028 3005 9026
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-
1040 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL ORLEANS
PARISHES...
AT 1040 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR BEFORE
ENDING.
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, METAIRIE, AVONDALE, MARRERO, HARVEY, JEFFERSON,
HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, ELMWOOD, RIVER RIDGE, BRIDGE CITY, WAGGAMAN,
AMA, ST. ROSE AND NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 222 AND 234.
INTERSTATE 610 NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
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 3002 9018 3002 9013 3003 9010 2991 9009
2988 9017 2989 9025 2990 9026 2992 9027
2997 9028 3005 9028 3005 9026
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
JL
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