Levy Overtopping in Braithwaite Area - Flash Flood Emergency
Posted by cypresstx on 8/29/2021, 6:12 pm




BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
501 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR BRAITHWAITE AREA...

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 501 PM CDT, emergency management reported back levee
over-topping on the eastbank of Plaquemines Parish between the
parish line and White Ditch.

This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Braithwaite area. This is a
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding.

SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding
throughout the warned area is possible.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Braithwaite

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 2986 8991 2984 8990 2982 8993 2981 8993
2980 8995 2978 8996 2977 8998 2976 8999
2976 9001 2977 9001 2978 9001 2980 9000
2981 9000 2982 8999 2983 8998 2985 8997
2986 8997 2987 8996 2988 8996

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC

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