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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

600 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RESERVE

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMMOND



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT



* AT 550 PM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ST      

 TAMMANY PARISH AND EDEN ISLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH       

...TANGIPAHOA PARISH...AND LIVINGSTON PARISH. 



TIDES LEVELS IN LAKE MAUREPAS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN REMAIN AT 5 

FEET AND ARE CAUSING TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND HOMES

ADJACENT TO THE LAKES. THE TIDES IN THE LAKES ARE SLOWING FALLING AT 

ONE HALF FOOT EVERY 3 HOURS. FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE 

AND SHOULD BE BELOW FLOOD LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

                   

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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