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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

855 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS EXTENDED 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 300 AM CDT



* AT 855 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM METRO NEW ORLEANS TO LAPLACE TO THIBODAUX... 

EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE GULF. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. THE RAIN AREA WILL 

CONTINUE TO ROTATE NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY 

WILL TEMPORARILY OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST IS POISED TO REACH THE WARNING AREA LATER 

TONIGHT.



THROUGH MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 7 

INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH EXTREME VALUES OF 10 TO 12 INCHES 

SOUTH AND WEST OF NEW ORLEANS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE 

TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

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