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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
156 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-ST. BERNARD LA-
156 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON, SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND WEST
CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISHES...
AT 156 PM CDT, BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN METAIRIE,
MID CITY, AND CHALMETTE. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED.
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, KENNER, METAIRIE, MARRERO, HARVEY, AVONDALE,
TIMBERLANE, CHALMETTE, JEFFERSON, GRETNA, HARAHAN, WESTWEGO, BRIDGE
CITY, ELMWOOD, TERRYTOWN, RIVER RIDGE, ARABI, WOODMERE AND
WAGGAMAN.
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 9028 3005 9008 3006 9005 3007 9000
2994 8990 2990 9001 2986 9008 2986 9023
2988 9024 2991 9027 2992 9027 2997 9028
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
TJS
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