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WGUS74 KLIX 260600

FFSNEW

LAC051-057-071-075-087-089-260800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

100 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR ORLEANS...

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

PARISHES.



AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF

SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ROTATING THROUGH AREAS SOUTH OF LAKE

PONTCHARTRAIN SOUTHWARD TO NEAR BARATARIA BAY AND BRETON SOUND.

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE

INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND COMMUNITIES

JUST TO THE SOUTH...WHILE AREAS NEAR GOLDEN MEADOW IN SOUTHERN

LAFOURCHE PARISH HAD RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL

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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