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WGUS84 KLIX 080833
FLSLIX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
333 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
LAC051-071-087-089-081030-
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-ST. BERNARD LA-ST. CHARLES LA-
333 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* WHAT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES, JEFFERSON, ORLEANS, ST. BERNARD AND ST. CHARLES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 530 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 333 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, KENNER, METAIRIE, MARRERO, HARVEY, JEFFERSON,
GRETNA, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, BRIDGE CITY, ELMWOOD, RIVER RIDGE,
TERRYTOWN, WAGGAMAN, ARABI, ST. ROSE, LAKEFRONT AIRPORT AND
NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
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 3004 9028 3004 9025 3002 9018 3002 9014
3003 9009 3003 9008 3003 9006 3003 9003
3005 9003 3004 9002 3005 8999 2999 8999
2993 9000 2990 9004 2990 9014 2994 9018
2997 9028
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