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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
440 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-PLAQUEMINES LA-ST. BERNARD LA-
440 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS,
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES AND WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISHES...
AT 440 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 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, HARVEY, TIMBERLANE, MARRERO, BELLE CHASSE, CHALMETTE,
AVONDALE, METAIRIE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO,
TERRYTOWN, WOODMERE, ARABI, BRIDGE CITY, ELMWOOD AND RIVER RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3000 9012 2998 9000 2994 8995 2988 8994
2984 8995 2983 9002 2987 9011 2992 9021
2999 9021 3000 9014
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
FRYE
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