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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

838 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005



LAC103-300215-

ST. TAMMANY LA-

838 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR ST. TAMMANY

PARISH...



AT 827 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

STREET FLOODING ACROSS MANY AREAS OF SLIDELL...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND

SOUTH OF GAUSE BOULEVARD. WATER WAS HIGH ENOUGH ON SOME STREETS FOR 

PASSING CARS TO PUSH A WAKE NEAR THE FRONT OF HOUSES. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN IN THE IMMEDIATE SLIDELL 

AREA...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

WERE FORMING OVER LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND AREAS WEST OF THE 

LAKE...AND THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE 

NORTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS 

IN THE SLIDELL AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE 

EXTENDED OR REISSUED LATER THIS EVENING.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLIDELL...

PEARL RIVER AND LACOMBE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY...AND DRIVING ON SEVERELY FLOODED STREETS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY 

DAMAGE BY PUSHING A WAKE OF WATER INTO NEARBY HOMES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3021 8991 3014 8956 3043 8970 3034 9007



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