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WGUS74 KLIX 261739

FFSNEW

LAC103-262000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1230 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT FOR

SAINT TAMMANY PARISH...



STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF TROPICAL ISIDORE HAVE

PUSHED TIDAL WATERS OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ONTO THE EASTERN SHORES

OF SAINT TAMMANY PARISH. THE LEVEE JUST SOUTH OF SPARTAN TRACE

AND THE OTHER SIDE OF PONTCHARTRAIN DRIVE IN SLIDELL HAS BEEN

BREACHED AND TIDAL WATERS ARE RISING QUICKLY. STREETS IN THE PALM

LAKE COMMUNITY ARE IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL HOMES IN PALM

LAKE WERE INUNDATED WITH 2 FEET OF WATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT.



WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM BEFORE BECOMING

NORTHWEST.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE

ROADWAY. 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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