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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

342 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 343 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH 

AND MUCH OF ST. BERNARD PARISH PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER SECTIONS OF THESE TWO PARISHES SINCE 

SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT LEADING TO EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING AND THE 

FLOODING OF SOME HOMES. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY  TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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