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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1056 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  EASTERN TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA 

OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST 

OF RACELAND TO DULAC. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAFOURCHE AND EXTREME 

EASTERN TERREBONNE PARISHES. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED 

FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING.



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 WATER OF UNKNOWN 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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