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WGUS54 KLIX 220040

FFWNEW

LAC037-077-125-MSC005-157-220430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

635 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

  WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST



* AT 631 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A CLUSTER OF         

  THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER EAST AND WEST FELICIANA                  

  PARISHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. MORE                  

  THUNDERSTORMS...OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE EXPECTED TO       

  MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



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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