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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

839 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

EXTENDING FROMN NEAR CONVENT TO THIBODAUX. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE ACROSS ST. JAMES AND ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 

PARISHES. SINCE THE GORUND IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.



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 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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