EOC Director Scott Whelchel talks Tropical Storm Lee on The Weather Channel.

Recorded Sept. 2, 2011.

Tropical Storm Lee parish wrap-up.

From left, Councilman Shelley Tastet, Parish President V.J. St. Pierre Jr. and Purchasing Officer Bobby Donaldson monitor water flow Sunday from the south at Sellers Canal and Hwy. 90 south of Ama.

Multiple parish government departments contributed to an all-hands-on deck approach to execute pre-storm debris analysis. Parish personnel rode all parish streets to identify trouble spots for Public Works and garbage contractor SDT to correct before they could become a drainage issue.

The Department of Parks and Recreation collaborated with Public Works to increase manpower in the field regarding drainage and debris handling, with field personnel going to A/B shifts early in the week to allow response to occur around the clock.

In addition, flood mitigation efforts and infrastructure improvements since the December 2009 rain event showed their worth. These included – but are not limited to – an additional pump at East Harding (New Sarpy), culvert gates at Prescott Canal (Montz), additional culverts in James Business Park (St. Rose), increased pumping capacity at Almedia / Walker (St. Rose), use of two pumps at Cross Bayou (Destrehan) and several automatic bar screen cleaner installations.

We are grateful to our residents, who heeded our warnings and appeared to have limited travel during dangerous conditions. We also received great assistance from the public in identifying streets with high water and other potentially dangerous situations. Without that help the parish could not have responded as effectively.

We continue to urge residents to be prepared for storm threats, as the 2011 season is just heating up.

PARISH STORM STATS

• 590 logged entries / actions taken in the Emergency Operations Center
• 37,590 total notifications made by EOC via Emergency Alert System (text, phone calls, e-mails)
• 31 streets reported high water
• 2 houses reported partial flooding (Norco)
• 5 houses experienced leaking roofs
• 3 trees damaged homes or cars
• 20 trees down across roads/power lines
• 200 power outages at the storm’s peak, most for less than two hours
• No outages by Sunday night
• 10.36" of rain at Hahnville courthouse since Sept. 1
• 14.33" of rain at Hahnville High School in Boutte since Sept. 1
• 11.86" of rain at St. Charles Borromeo in Destrehan since Sept. 1.
• 4 tornado warnings with no damage reported
• 61.6 million gallons of water pumped by the Wastewater Department at Hahnville, Destrehan and Luling Pond locations

The parish undertakes after action reviews after each emergency incident to review suggestions for improvements and additions to the parish's response planning.

Saturday wrap up and reminders.

We have a lot of good things to report this morning as well as a few reminders:

• The parish did see rain overnight, but nothing along the lines of the squall line we experienced Saturday afternoon. At the peak of the rain Saturday, EOC reported 32 streets barricaded due to high water. There have been reports of 16 downed trees since Friday, and two partially flooded homes in Norco.

• PLEASE STAY HOME if at all possible. Road conditions remain hazardous, and we've seen quite a few traffic accidents because of it. If you can stay home, you cut your chances to zero that you'll be involved in a similar situation!

• We expect more wind and rain today, and we do expect flooding problems if we have a heavy squall line sit over us for an extended period of time. Again, it all boils down to... 'how much rain, how fast.'

• The National Weather Service says there will be a slight increase in the possibility of tornadoes as Lee makes its eastward turn. We are still under a Tropical Storm Warning until 5 a.m. Monday, Tornado Watch until 4 p.m. Sunday, and Flash Flood Watch until Monday evening.

• Entergy is reporting no power outages this morning in St. Charles Parish.

• Garbage service for Monday, Sept. 5 has been canceled due to weather conditions. Makeup routes will be Sept. 6 and 7. Please secure garbage cans in case of high winds.

Singin' n' sandbaggin'.

And on the lighter side -- Before the torrential rains and flooding concerns today, we caught up with a gentleman determined to see the brighter side of a (possibly) bad situation while filling sandbags at the East Bank Bridge Park. :)

Cross Bayou pumping station.

The activation of two of the eight pumps at the still-to-be-completed Cross Bayou pump station in Destrehan is helping keep water off Airline Highway and out of Destrehan neighborhoods. The station is located at the East Bank Hurricane Protection Levee.