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WGUS74 KLIX 130341

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LAC051-071-130430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1030 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JEFFERSON PARISH AND ORLEANS

   PARISH EXPIRED AT 1015 PM TONIGHT..



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THESE AREAS....



AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE

LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON

PARISHES.



FLOODING CONTINUES AT THE CARRELTON UNDERPASS IN ORLEANS PARISH.

FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EARLY

MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS...EXTENDING WEST FROM ST BERNARD

PARISH TO ST MARY PARISH...WILL PASS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING.

THESE SHOWERS WILL ONLY WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION AND INCREASE

THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE ROADWAYS TO CLEAR.





MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF HIGH

WATER. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...BAYOUS OR DRAINAGE

CANALS. DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS MAY CAUSE EXTENSIVE

DAMAGE TO YOUR VEHICLE AND COULD ENDANGER YOUR LIFE.



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