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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

227 PM CST MON MAR 12 2001



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE GREATER NEW

ORLEANS AREA AND THE SURROUNDING PARISHES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT

UNTIL 4 PM CST.



HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED IN BANDS ACROSS THE METRO AREA EARLY THIS

AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES HAVE BEEN APPROACHING 2 INCHES

PER HOUR. THE AREA OF RAIN HAS ASSUMED AN EASTWARD MOTION OF 25 MPH

WITH THE END TO THE RAINFALL EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM FOR THE

ADVISORY AREA. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD BE IMPROVED BEFORE THE

EVENING COMMUTE.



NEW ORLEANS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS NOTED JUST SOME MINOR

PONDING OF WATER IN UNDERPASSES AND OFF-RAMPS THAT TYPICALLY ARE

SLOW TO DRAIN.



ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OF SOME

RESIDENCES IN RESERVE ON EAST 7TH AND EAST 9TH STREETS.



JEFFERSON PARISH REPORTED ONLY SOME MINOR FLOODING IN THE VICINITY

OF LABARRE ROAD AND AIRLINE HIGHWAY. THE OTHER TYPICAL LOW LYING

AREAS ARE PASSIBLE.



ST BERNARD PARISH REPORTED NO PARTICULAR FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS

TIME.



RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS UPPER PLAQUEMINES

PARISH WHERE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THE VICINITY

OF BELLE CHASSE.

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