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FFWNEW

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1255 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AMITE



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1250 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH.



MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 245 PM 

WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING OF 

ROADS...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. 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.

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