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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1206 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008



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JEFFERSON LA-ORLEANS LA-

1206 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISHES...



AT 1205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO 

ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1100 AM ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON 

AND ORLEANS PARISHES. 



AT 1120 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN JEFFERSON PARISH 

CONTINUED TO REPORTED SERIOUS STREET FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF 

METAIRIE...RIVER RIDGE...HARAHAN INCLUDING ELMWOOD AREA...OLD 

JEFFERSON...BRIDGE CITY...AND TERRYTOWN. CLEARVIEW PARKWAY REMAINED 

CLOSED FROM AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO JEFFERSON HIGHWAY...AND OTHER MAJOR 

ROADS AND MANY SIDE STREETS WERE REPORTED AS IMPASSABLE OR 

BARRACADED. RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER DRIVING 

IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNTIL PUMPS LOWER THE WATER LEVELS IN 

FLOODED AREAS. 



AT 1150 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN ORLEANS PARISH 

REPORTED STREETS AND ROADS THAT EXPERIENCED THE SERIOUS FLOOD 

CONDITIONS EARLIER HAD DRIED OUT...AND WATER RECEDED FROM BUSINESSES 

THAT TOOK ON WATER. ALL STREETS WERE REPORTED AS PASSABLE. MANY 

RESIDENTS WERE DISCOVERING FLOODED VEHICLES.



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.



IN ORLEANS PARISH...REPORT RESIDENTIAL FLOODING BY CALLING 658-2299.



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 1633Z 041DEG 3KT 2993 9028 2989 9026

          2978 9017



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