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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
154 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-
154 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL ORLEANS
PARISHES...
AT 154 PM CDT, BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN METAIRIE,
MID CITY, AND CARROLLTON. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW ORLEANS, METAIRIE, AVONDALE, MARRERO, HARVEY, JEFFERSON,
GRETNA, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, BRIDGE CITY, ELMWOOD AND RIVER RIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
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 3005 9023 2995 9023 2990 9019 2989 9014
2991 9006 2995 9004 3005 9008
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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