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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

425 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FRANKLINTON...BOGALUSA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 423 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN FROM FOLSOM TO FRANKLINTON TO ENON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF COVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE FOLSOM 

  AREA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE 

  NIGHT. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FOLSOM...BLOND...ENON AND 

  ISABEL 



A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER HAS ALSO BEEN 

ISSUED.



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 COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABONDONED. 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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