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WGUS54 KLIX 061828

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LAC051-071-075-087-062115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

127 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...METAIRIE...MARRERO...

  KENNER...HARVEY...AVONDALE

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW ORLEANS...EAST NEW ORLEANS

  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 127 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 

  REPORTED SEVERE STREET FLOODING WITH SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE ACROSS 

  JEFFERSON PARISH...AND PORTIONS OF ORLEANS PARISH. VERY HEAVY RAIN

  HAS OCCURRED AND CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF METRO NEW ORLEANS...SOUTH

  OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES 

  REPORTED SINCE 1145 AM ACROSS MUCH OF JEFFERSON AND AREAS OF NEW

  ORLEANS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 415 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF CANALS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2960 8942 2965 8993 2966 9014 2982 9015

      2990 9027 3005 9027 3005 9001 3016 8985

      3012 8970 3013 8963 2998 8964



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