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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED CODING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

336 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASCENSION...ST-JOHN-THE-BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...JEFFERSON...

  ORLEANS...ST BERNARD...AND ST TAMMANY PARISHES

  IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



  SOME OF THE CITIES WITHIN THIS WARNED AREA ARE NEW ORLEANS

  METRO AREA...LA PLACE...RESERVE...CHALMETTE...SLIDELL...

  COVINGTON AND MANDEVILLE.



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND PARISHES FROM ASCENSION

  EASTWARD ACROSS UPPER JEFFERSON AND NEW ORLEANS PARISHES

  EXTENDING NORTH AND NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ST TAMMANY PARISH

  AND NORTHERN PORTION OF ST BERNARD PARISH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN SOME OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE

  PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE

  FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY IN

  SOME SECTIONS.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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