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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1051 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GONZALES

  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

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

  IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PLAQUEMINE

  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENHAM SPRINGS

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1048 AM CDT...THE STATE POLICE IN BATON ROUGE REPORTED MANY 

LOCATIONS AROUND THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA WITH FLOODING. 

PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 10 SYSTEM MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 



RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...ACROSS BATON 

ROUGE AND THE ADJACENT PARISHES...SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. 

THIS LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO 

FALL...AGGRAVATING ANY FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE. 



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

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABONDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL TODAY AS EXTENSIVE STREET 

FLOODING WILL CLOSE MANY STREETS AND ARTERIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



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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