Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Dec 16, 1992, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 1992, 5:30 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA

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LAC051-057-071-075-087-103-109-162330-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
231 PM CST WED DEC 16 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHESS...

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

   ...JEFFERSON PARISH...SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH
   ...ORLEANS PARISH...NORTHERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH...ST.BERNARD PARISH
   ...SOUTHERN ST.TAMMANY PARISH...SOUTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH

WEATHER SERVICE RARAR SHOWED A LARGE STATIONARY AREA OF RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM
SLIDELL ACROSS THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA...SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE
AND TERREBONNE PARISHES.

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA DURING THE LAST
FEW HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. STREET FLOODING IS OCCURING ON THE WEST BANK OF JEFFERSON
PARISH AND IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AT THIS TIME.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR dLOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
145 PM CST WED DEC 16 1992

A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS
THE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AREA. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
INTO SOUTHERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA...ESPECIALLY MOTORISTS...ARE ADVISED THAT FLOODING OF
STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS
AND YOU SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.