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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

320 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...METAIRIE...MARRERO...

  KENNER...HARVEY...AVONDALE

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THIBODAUX...LAROSE...GALLIANO...CUT

  OFF

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE

  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE

  ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAPLACE

  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOUMA



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 320 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PIERRE PART IN

  ASSUMPTION PARISH TO NEW ORLEANS. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL RATES AVERAGED ONE HALF TO ONE INCH

  PER HOUR WITH A SMALL AREA OF 2 TO 4 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL 

  BETWEEN HOUMA AND LAROSE. 



STORM TOTAL RAINFALL RANGED FROM 3 INCHES JUST WEST OF THIBODAUX TO 

IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS AND 

UPPER ST. BERNARD PARISH. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

LIKELY IN MANY AREAS THROUGH 7 AM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL 

QUICKLY RUNOFF RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF ROADS...BAYOUS...

AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



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 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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