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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

410 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF RACELAND AND THIBODAUX

  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOUMA



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 405 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE 

  TO HEAVY RAIN FROM RACELAND SOUTHWARD TO NEAR HOUMA. THIS ACTIVITY

  WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  HAVE INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THESE 

  AREAS WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 PM. HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH RUNOFF FROM

  PREVIOUS STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS...STREETS AND 

  LOW LYING AREAS.



LAFOURCHE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN 

THE RACELAND AREA.



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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