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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

635 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 CITIES OF...COVINGTON...MANDEVILLE...SLIDELL

  PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PICAYUNE...POPLARVILLE



* UNTIL 1000 AM CST



* AT 635 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN NEAR COVINGTON...AND FROM CENTRAL LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN

  TO JUST EAST OF MANDEVILLE...TO NEAR LACOMBE AND SLIDELL...TO

  PICAYUNE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA

  MOST OF THE MORNING WITH THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSING ADDITIONAL

  FLOODING.



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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