Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS New Orleans, LA

744 
WGUS74 KLIX 120808
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
308 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

LAC091-105-121015-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160812T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TANGIPAHOA LA-ST. HELENA LA-
308 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA AND ST. HELENA PARISHES...

AT 306 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. 

FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG PARTS OF HIGHWAY 440 AND
HIGHWAY 43 IN THE GREENSBURG AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENSBURG...AMITE...AMITE CITY...KENTWOOD...INDEPENDENCE...
ROSELAND...MONTPELIER...EASLEYVILLE...DARLINGTON AND TANGIPAHOA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3061 9042 3061 9057 3065 9057 3065 9081
      3099 9081 3099 9042

$$

98/SO

781 
WGUS74 KLIX 121001
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
501 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

LAC091-105-121015-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160812T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TANGIPAHOA LA-ST. HELENA LA-
501 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA AND ST. HELENA PARISHES...

AT 500 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENSBURG...AMITE...AMITE CITY...KENTWOOD...INDEPENDENCE...
ROSELAND...MONTPELIER...EASLEYVILLE...DARLINGTON AND TANGIPAHOA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3061 9042 3061 9057 3065 9057 3065 9081
      3099 9081 3099 9042

$$

24/RR