FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 304 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...METAIRIE...MARRERO...
KENNER...HARVEY...AVONDALE...
LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...
PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE...
ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE...
ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 500 AM CST
* AT 259 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A SLOW MOVING
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF METROPOLITAN NEW
ORLEANS AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN THROUGH 400 AM
WILL OCCUR FROM CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH...JUST EAST OF
LOCKPORT...TO THE WEST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH AND LAFITTE...TO
MUCH OF ORLEANS AND ST. BERNARD PARISHES...AND UPPER PLAQUEMINES
PARISH. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
CANALS AND OTHER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 2956 9043 2988 9063 2990 9058 2990 9053
2993 9052 3003 9027 3003 9012 3005 8992
2995 8981 2982 8964
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