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Flash Flood Warning — NWS New Orleans LA

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Flash Flood Warning issued October 31 at 6:15PM CDT until October 31 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA

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A flash flood warning covered Jefferson, Louisiana, including Metairie, until 9:00 PM CDT. Radar indicated thunderstorms and heavy rain, with life-threatening flash flooding ongoing or expected shortly.

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  • Affected location: Jefferson, Louisiana
  • A flash flood warning covered Jefferson, Louisiana, including Metairie, until 9:00 PM CDT.
The Missouri River is the longest river in North America, longest tributary in the United States and a major waterway of the central United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river takes drainage from a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of more than half a million square miles (1,300,000 km2), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and
Illustrative image: The Missouri River is the longest river in North America, longest tributary in the United States and a major waterway of the central United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river takes drainage from a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of more than half a million square miles (1,300,000 km2), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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