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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

123 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES TRHE CITIES OF NORWOOD...WILSON AND CLINTON

  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GREENSBURG...PINE GROVE



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 118 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF VERY STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

  NORWOOD TO CLINTON TO PINE GROVE. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS DRIFTING

  EAST AND NORTHEAST ABOUT 5 MPH.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 3 

HOURS IN PORTIONS OF EAST FELICIANA TO ST. HELENA PARISHES WITH THE 

MAIN PROBLEM PRESENTLY EXISTING FROM NORWOOD TO CLINTON TO PINE 

GROVE. CREEKS...RIVERS AND BAYOUS MAY HAVE RAPID RISES DUE TO 

SATURATED SOIL AND PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL. 



THIS IS BECOMING A CRITICAL FLOOD SITUATION IN THESE PARISHES.



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 FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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