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WGUS74 KLIX 061926

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

218 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005



LAC051-071-075-087-062115-

ORLEANS LA-PLAQUEMINES LA-ST. BERNARD LA-JEFFERSON LA-

218 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON...

ST. BERNARD...PLAQUEMINES AND ORLEANS PARISHES...



AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...

EXCEPT FOR A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR JEAN LAFITTE TO BELLE CHASSE. 



STREET FLOODING WILL SUBSIDE IN MOST AREAS...BUT A FEW POORLY 

DRAINED AREAS MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE WATER COVERING THE ROAD THROUGH 

AT LEAST 315 PM. SOME NEW STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR JEAN 

LAFITTE AND BELLE CHASSE.



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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