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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
246 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT.
* AT 246 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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, TIMBERLANE, CHALMETTE, HARVEY, BELLE CHASSE, MARRERO,
METAIRIE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, WESTWEGO, ARABI, TERRYTOWN, WOODMERE,
MERAUX, ESTELLE, BRIDGE CITY, VIOLET, POYDRAS AND LAKEFRONT
AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 510 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 228 AND 246.
INTERSTATE 610 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
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 3002 9013 3003 9003 3004 9003 3004 9002
3004 9000 3007 8995 2990 8984 2984 9000
2981 9005 2981 9012 2992 9016 3002 9018
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
HRL
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