Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Jun 7, 2001, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2001, 5:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lafourche Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA

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WGUS54 KLIX 070625
FFWNEW
LAC057-093-095-109-071015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
115 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THIBODAUX
  ST JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF VACHERIE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY
   AND CONVENT
  ST. JOHN-THE-BAPTIST PARISH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF EDGARD...RESERVE AND LAPLACE

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 113 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROAD
  BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EXTREME NORTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH
  NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH INTO SOUTHERN ST JAMES
  AND ST JOHN-THE-BAPTIST PARISHES. RAINFALL RATES ARE 3 TO 4 INCHES
  PER HOUR IN THE MORE INTENSE STORMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE
  REPORTED WATER IN MANY HOMES OF NORTHERN TERREBONNE AND NORTHERN  
  LAFOURCHE WITH ALL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN NORTHERN TERREBONNE AND
  NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISHES CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH 
  WATER. SOME OF THIS SAME AREA HAS RECEIVED STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO
  15 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 6, 9:15 PM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
915 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001

...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE...

BANDS AND CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE
FLOOD WATCH AREA. ERGO WILL CONTINUE THE WATCH. HOWEVER...WE WILL
DROP THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AS SURFACE WINDS HAVE DROPPED WELL
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING.
OTHERWISE...AFTERNOON PACKAGE IS ON TRACK FOR| NOW.

.NEW...NONE.
LA...FLOOD WATCH LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070.
MS...FLOOD WATCH MSZ068>071-077-080.

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In the hours before

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-071200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1130 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001

.SYNOPSIS...REMNANTS OF ALLISON WILL MOVE SLOWLY
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. TO THE
EAST OF ALLISON...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN BANDS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORMS...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOP
AND MOVE FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

.HEAVY RAIN...
INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA. A FEW OF THE HEAVY RAIN BANDS WILL BECOME STATIONARY...CAUSING
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH TONIGHT...
MAINLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.

.ACTIONS...IF YOU ARE IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS
SHOULD BE LlOWER CASE).

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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