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WGUS54 KLIX 071807

FFWNEW

LAC103-072000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

104 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COVINGTON...MANDEVILLE AND SLIDELL



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 100 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF ST TAMMANY PARISH SPREADING 

  EAST AT 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WAS 

  INDICATED BY RADAR. 



  DUE TO SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING 

  AREAS IS IMMINENT.   

 

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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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