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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1150 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 CITIES OF...RESERVE...LAPLACE

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST TAMMANY PARISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED ALLOWING ROADS TO BECOME PASSABLE.



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* TIDES LEVELS IN LAKE MAUREPAS REMAIN AT 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL 

DUE TO DRAINIAGE FROM THE AMITE AND TICKFAW RIVERS. FLOOD WATERS 

FLOWING INTO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ARE CAUSING WATER LEVELS FROM 

DROPPING IN LAKE MAUREPAS. TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND 

HOMES ADJACENT TO THE LAKES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. 

WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE AROUND 8 AM AND CONTINUE INTO 

THE AFTERNOON AT ONE HALF FOOT PER HOUR. 



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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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