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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

320 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 320 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM THE METAIRIE AND NEW ORLEANS AREAS 

SOUTHEAST ACROSS ST. BERNARD PARISH. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER AN 

AREA WHERE THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST 

NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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