New Orleans Weather Today Flooding. In new orleans, where even an ordinary rainstorm can cause widespread flooding, the threat of two named systems in the gulf of mexico has officials on high alert. A storm swamped new orleans streets and paralyzed traffic wednesday as concerns grew that even worse weather was on the way:
And 610 floods after a severe thunderstorm wednesday, july 10, 2019. But days before landfall, it was already walloping new orleans with widespread flooding. The national weather service declared a flash flood emergency for new orleans as thunderstorms dropped more than six inches of rain and prompted flood and tornado warnings.
See a list of all of the official weather advisories, warnings, and severe weather alerts for new orleans, la.
And a lot more is on the way. An evacuation typically wouldn't be considered until the storm was a category 3, she said, and for now. These are the areas of new orleans most at risk of flooding. The national weather service said new orleans is protected to a river level of 20 feet (6.1 meters), but it was forecast to rise above flood stage to 19 feet (5.8 meters) by friday.