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Flash Flood Warning issued June 16 at 10:38AM CDT until June 16 at 1:45PM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA

Description

FFWLIX

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Ascension Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Assumption Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Southeastern Iberville Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
Northwestern Lafourche Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
St. James Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
West Central St. John The Baptist Parish in southeastern
Louisiana...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 1038 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Gonzales, Donaldsonville, Napoleonville, Reserve, Gramercy,
Lutcher, White Castle, Sorrento, Belle Rose, Paincourtville,
Convent, Supreme, Labadieville, Geismar, Chackbay, North Vacherie,
South Vacherie, Wallace and Garyville.

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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