Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS New Orleans, LA

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WGUS74 KLIX 302053
FFSNEW
LAC047-077-121-302130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
353 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POINTE COUPEE...IBERVILLE...
AND WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 350 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 
MUCH OF POINTE COUPLE PARISH...AND AREAS OF NORTHERN IBERVILLE AND 
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISHES...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE AREA OF 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. RADAR RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF 
THE WARNING AREA SINCE NOON WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES. AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 PM. 

THE POINTE COUPEE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF ROADS 
AND STREETS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH. 

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.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
955 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

.DISCUSSION...ISSUED FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE CWA EXCEPT
SOUTHWEST MS COUNTIES. UPDATED ZONES ACCORDINGLY. A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND LOWER
JEFFERSON...LAFOURCHE...PLAQUEMINES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS...
MCB 80 66 81 59 / 60 30 60 60
BTR 82 67 82 60 / 60 30 60 60
MSY 80 68 83 65 / 60 30 50 60
GPT 79 68 80 66 / 60 40 50 60

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLOOD WATCH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES.
  ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CENTRAL AND LOWER JEFFERSON..LAFOURCHE
  ...PLAQUEMINES PARISHES TIL 1700Z.
MS...FLOOD WATCH SOUTH MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES.
SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

GMZ530-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-011100-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS-
LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-
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-WALTHALL-
WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
1030 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
TRAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL
THREAT...THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTH EASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS AS
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES EAST AND OVER THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AND
CONTINUE MONDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASES IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.