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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

140 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COVINGTON

  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE



* UNTIL 430 AM CST



* AT 130 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY

  STATIONARY LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL 

  RAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN ST TAMMANY PARISH INTO PEARL

  RIVER COUNTY...FROM MANDEVILLE AND ABITA SPRINGS TO JUST NORTH OF

  PICAYUNE TO POPLARVILLE. 



  DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1030 PM...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 

  INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 430 AM.

  THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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