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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1230 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAKER...BATON ROUGE...OAK HILLS

  PLACE...ZACHARY

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1225 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA AND EXTENDING SOUTH TO

  BETWEEN MORGAN CITY AND HOUMA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 330 PM 

WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY CAUSED ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE BATON 

ROUGE AREA. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS 

AND LOW LYING AREA ARE POSSIBLE.



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

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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

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

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