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WGUS74 KLIX 100402

FFSNEW

LAC057-109-100615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1100 PM CDT WED OCT 9 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR

TERREBONNE AND NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISHES.



AT 1055 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND OF

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING

ACROSS EASTERN TERREBONNE PARISH AND SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LAFOURCHE

PARISH. RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING

WITHIN THIS BAND. LOUISIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF

HIGHWAY 57 BETWEEN HOUMA AND DULAC WERE COVERED WITH WATER. IN

ADDITION...EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY LAFOURCHE

PARISH OFFICIALS BETWEEN RACELAND AND HOUMA.



ALTHOUGH THIS BAND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS SHIFTING SLOWLY TO THE

EAST...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FALLING OVERNIGHT ON ALREADY SATURATED

SOILS WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO FLASH FLOODING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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