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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1004 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON...ORLEANS...AND ST. 

CHARLES PARISHES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...



AT 950 PM...JEFFERSON PARISH FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT CLEARVIEW 

PARKWAY WAS CLOSED AT ELMWOOD. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 

FLOODED STREETS ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH.

STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN NORCO AND 

ST. ROSE. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FLOODING IN NEW ORLEANS.



AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM LAKEFRONT 

AIRPORT TO NEW ORLEANS EAST...AND FROM SOUTHERN ST. CHARLES PARISH 

TO JUST NORTH OF LAFITTE. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS ONLY DRIFTING EAST... 

BUT WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH 

OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM. SOME STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

IN PORTIONS OF NEW ORLEANS.



WATER IN FLOODED AREAS OF ST. CHARLES AND JEFFERSON PARISHES IS 

EXPECTED TO RECEDE AROUND 11 PM. UNTIL THEN...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  



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