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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

229 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...AVONDALE...

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

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

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 227 PM CDT...SINCE AROUND 100 PM...1.5 TO 3.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA CAUSING SIGNIFICANT STREET 

FLOODING IN MANY LOCATIONS. AUDUBON PARK RECORDED AROUND 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN BETWEEN 100 PM AND 230PM. WHILE THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS 

ABATED...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WHICH WILL IMPEDE 

RAPID DRAINAGE AND SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING INCLUDING FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES WILL CONTINUE. SOME LOW LYING PROPERTY MAY ALSO 

BE THREATENED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY  DEEP WATER WATERS OR WATERS OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2988 9020 2992 9000 2992 8979 3011 8987

      3003 9023



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