Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS New Orleans, LA

Issued

Sep 25, 2002, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)

Expired

Sep 26, 2002, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS New Orleans, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA

000 
WGUS54 KLIX 260159
FFWNEW
LAC051-057-071-075-087-089-260800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
855 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM METRO NEW ORLEANS TO LAPLACE TO THIBODAUX... 
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE GULF. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND 
TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. THE RAIN AREA WILL 
CONTINUE TO ROTATE NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY 
WILL TEMPORARILY OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST IS POISED TO REACH THE WARNING AREA LATER 
TONIGHT.

THROUGH MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 7 
INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH EXTREME VALUES OF 10 TO 12 INCHES 
SOUTH AND WEST OF NEW ORLEANS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE 
TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST 
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

000 
WGUS74 KLIX 260600
FFSNEW
LAC051-057-071-075-087-089-260800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
100 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR ORLEANS...
ST BERNARD...PLAQUEMINES...JEFFERSON...ST. CHARLES...AND LAFOURCHE
PARISHES.

AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF
SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ROTATING THROUGH AREAS SOUTH OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN SOUTHWARD TO NEAR BARATARIA BAY AND BRETON SOUND.
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE
INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND COMMUNITIES
JUST TO THE SOUTH...WHILE AREAS NEAR GOLDEN MEADOW IN SOUTHERN
LAFOURCHE PARISH HAD RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE
ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT OR THE
DEPTH OF THE WATER WILL BE UNKNOWN. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
MOVING WATER TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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