
031 
WGUS74 KLIX 301043
FFSLIX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
543 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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ST. TAMMANY LA-
543 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SLIDELL...

AT 532 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
HAVE CLARIFIED THE SOURCE OF SURGE FLOODING AND AFFECTED AREAS. THE 
RAILROAD TRACKS ALONG HIGHWAY 11 WERE NOT BREACHED...HOWEVER 
FLOODING FROM BAYOU BONFOUCA AND THE W-14 CANAL HAVE COMBINED TO 
BACK-FILL INTO AREAS OF THE CITY FROM NEAR KINGS POINT SUBDIVISION 
INTO MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH SLIDELL BELOW AN ELEVATION OF 9 
FEET...INCLUDING THE OLD TOWN AREA. SUDDEN INUNDATION UP TO 5 FEET 
IS POSSIBLE IN LOWER LYING AREAS. AREAS THAT WERE FORMALLY PROTECTED 
BY THE HESCO BASKETS NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 11/PONTCHARTRAIN DRIVE AND 
OLD SPANISH TRAIL ARE NOW SUBJECTED TO FLOODING.    

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3028 8965 3016 8964 3019 8977 3021 8980
      3021 8982 3022 8985 3025 8988 3028 8986

$$

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