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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

505 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 505 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS 

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...INCLUDING THE NEW 

ORLEANS METRO AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR 

WERE OCCURRING WITH THIS AREA OF RAINFALL. THIS RAIN WAS FALLING ON 

GROUND SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER 

TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 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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