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WGUS74 KLIX 221901

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

152 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007



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ST. CHARLES LA-JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-

152 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR

ORLEANS...JEFFERSON AND ST. CHARLES PARISHES...



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING...



AT 148 PM CDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINS THAT CAUSED THE FLOODING ACROSS 

THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. 

EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE METRO AREA. ALL 

TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.               



A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS INDICATED TO MOVE INTO THE METRO 

AREA UNTIL ABOUT 5 PM. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS INDICATED 

IN THE GULF WATERS SOUTH OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY AND HEADING TOWARDS 

THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. PUMPING STATIONS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

DRAWING DOWN SOME OF THE ONGOING FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY AFTER 5 PM AND BEFORE A COLD FRONT FINALLY 

PASSES THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PLACE STORM 

TOTALS FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT POTENTIALLY IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2969 9015 2972 9035 3003 9043 3006 9026

      3004 9012 3012 8980 3017 8975 3014 8960

      3002 8975 2999 9001 2992 8990 2992 8996

      2981 9010 2962 8998 2957 9004 2956 9016

TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 252DEG 24KT 3020 8955 2966 8946



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