000 WGUS54 KLIX 032057 FFWLIX LAC051-071-075-040000- /O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0026.110903T2057Z-110904T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 357 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...MARRERO...KENNER... HARVEY...AVONDALE... SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS... NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A HEAVY RAIN SQUALL MOVING INTO METRO NEW ORLEANS. THIS HEAVY RAIN SQUALL IS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED PUMPING CAPACITY IN THE AREA...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTWEGO... TERRYTOWN...MYRTLE GROVE...HARAHAN...GRETNA AND BRIDGE CITY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 2947 9008 2977 9019 2982 9017 2985 9022 3000 9028 3003 9003 2997 9000 2995 9001 2993 8998 2947 8979 2943 8995 2945 8997 2943 8997 2942 9001 $$