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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

804 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 800 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

NAPOLEONVILLE SOUTH INTO WESTERN TERREBONNE PARISH. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN AS THEY 

MOVE SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS TERREBONNE AND LAFOURCHE PARISHES. 

SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF UNKOWN DEPTH 

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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST PARISH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR 

RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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