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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

814 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 757 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOOD WATERS IN      

  HOMES IN HUNTWYCK SUBDIVISION OF SLIDELL. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS  

  ALSO REPORTED OF GAUSE BOULEVARD/HIGHWAY 190 THROUGH SLIDELL. 



  RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 1 AM           

  THIS MORNING IN SLIDELL RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS   

  AND ROADWAYS. 



  AT 820 AM RADAR INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY   

  RAINFALL ACROSS ST TAMMANY PARISH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO   

  TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 AM.  OTHER AREAS OF ST TAMMANY   

  PARISH MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO THE       

  HEAVY RAINS WHICH FELL OVERNIGHT AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WHICH 

  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING.



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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