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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

148 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* AT 147 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF THUNDESTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 

COVINGTON AND SLIDELL SOUTH ACROSS NEW ORLEANS EAST INTO PLAQUEMINES 

PARISH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS 

RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN 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 THE 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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