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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

658 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 655 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS ASSUMPTION 

PARISH. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLODDING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST PARISH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR 

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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