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WGUS74 KLIX 260008

FFSNEW

LAZ059>064-067>070-260200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

657 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ORLEANS...

ST.BERNARD...PLAQUEMINES...JEFFERSON...ST. CHARLES...AND LAFOURCHE

PARISHES.



AT 7 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A

LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS

MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE

PONTCHARTRAIN. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED

SOMEWHAT...RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE TO ONE AND

HALF INCHES WERE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS.



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME

LOCATIONS IN THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA AND IN ST. BERNARD PARISH

WITH 3 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS COMMON ELSEWHERE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST

LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE

ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT OR THE

DEPTH OF THE WATER WILL BE UNKNOWN. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

MOVING WATER TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST

STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

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WGUS74 KLIX 260011 CCA

FFSNEW

LAC051-057-071-075-087-089-260200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CODING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

657 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ORLEANS...

ST.BERNARD...PLAQUEMINES...JEFFERSON...ST. CHARLES...AND LAFOURCHE

PARISHES.



AT 7 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A

LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS

MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE

PONTCHARTRAIN. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED

SOMEWHAT...RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE TO ONE AND

HALF INCHES WERE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS.



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN SOME

LOCATIONS IN THE NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA AND IN ST. BERNARD PARISH

WITH 3 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS COMMON ELSEWHERE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST

LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE

ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT OR THE

DEPTH OF THE WATER WILL BE UNKNOWN. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

MOVING WATER TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST

STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

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