FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1149 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...MARRERO...KENNER...
HARVEY...GRETNA...AVONDALE...
NORTH CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THIBODAUX...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...
ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE...
SOUTH CENTRAL ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 1146 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED
TO DETECT SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE HEAVIER
RAIN HAS BEEN TAPERING OFF...RESIDUAL WATER FROM THESE EARLIER
STORMS WILL CONTINUE POSE A THREAT TO THE AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER MANY WATER COVERED ROADS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTWEGO...
WAGGAMAN...NORCO...NEW SARPY...HARAHAN...DESTREHAN AND BRIDGE CITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 2974 9078 2979 9080 2977 9083 2979 9085
3006 9034 3006 9026 3003 9018 3005 8995
3000 9002 2986 9004 2956 9052
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1200 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...
IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...
LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...
ORLEANS...POINTE COUPEE...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST.
JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...
UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER
ST. BERNARD...UPPER TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE
AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL
AND WILKINSON.
* UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
* HEAVY RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO TAPER ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE
THIS MORNING. COPIOUS RAINS WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8
INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING RESULTING IN
EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY IN THE RIVER
PARISHES AND IN PORTIONS OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW
BANDS OF HEAVIER RAIN BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER
EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
RIVER FLOODING IS BECOMING A LARGE CONCERN IN THE WATCH AREA AS
MOST STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN TO FLOOD LEVELS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS REGARDING RIVER FLOODING IN YOUR
AREA.
WHILE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED...RESIDUAL RAINS
AND RUNOFF WILL STILL MAINTAIN A FLOOD THREAT...PARTICULARLY NEAR
DRAINAGE CANALS...BAYOUS AND STREAMS. AVOID THESE FLOOD PRONE
AREAS AND DO NOT ENTER AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES THE ROADWAY.
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24/RR
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