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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1120 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Jefferson Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  Northeastern Lafourche Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  Southwestern Orleans Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  Northwestern Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  West Central St. Bernard Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  Northern St. Charles Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  Eastern St. James Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  St. John The Baptist Parish in southeastern Louisiana...

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 1120 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  New Orleans, Avondale, Metairie, Hahnville, Marrero, Laplace, 
  Harvey, Timberlane, Reserve, Belle Chasse, Chalmette, Jefferson, 
  Gretna, Harahan, Westwego, Gramercy, St. Rose, Ama, Waggaman and 
  Destrehan.

This includes the following Interstates...
	Interstate 510 between mile markers 1 and 3.
	Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 195 and 211...and
	between mile markers 215 and 247.
	Interstate 610 between mile markers 1 and 4.
	Interstate 55 in Louisiana between mile markers 1 and 5.
	Interstate 310 between mile markers 1 and 11.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 3016 9043 3008 9041 3006 9038 3002 9019
      3003 9003 3007 8994 2993 8984 2989 8975
      2985 8977 2985 8989 2989 8997 2978 9002
      2979 9010 2987 9017 2987 9050 2989 9068
      3016 9069

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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