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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1020 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008



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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-

1020 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISHES...



AT 1015 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE  

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENNER AND WESTERN METAIRIE TO 

HARAHAN TO WESTWEGO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 3 MPH.



SERIOUS STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW 

ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON PARISH...AND NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND 

STREETS ARE IMPASSABLE...CLOSED...AND BARRICADED. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF NEW ORLEANS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF UPPER JEFFERSON PARISH INCLUDING 

METAIRIE...HARAHAN...JEFFERSON...BRIDGE CITY...AND AVONDALE.



LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW THE HEAVY RAIN AREA FINALLY STARTING TO 

MOVE OUT OF SOME OF THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND HARAHAN 

TO WAGGAMAN AND AVONDALE.



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.

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2982 9015 2991 9026 3005 9026 3003 9018

      3003 9001 2999 9000 2997 9001 2996 9000

      2991 8998 2985 9003 2984 9006 2982 9006

TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 041DEG 3KT 2998 9023 2994 9021

          2983 9012



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