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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1007 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASSUMPTION 

  JEFFERSON PARISH 

  LAFOURCHE PARISH 

  ORLEANS PARISH 

  PLAQUEMINES PARISH 

  ST. BERNARD PARISH 

  ST. CHARLES PARISH 

  ST. JAMES PARISH 

  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH 

  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1005 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

  SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE           

  PONTCHARTRAIN. THIS BAND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE     

  EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. FLOOD 

WATERS MAY ALSO OCCUR IN HOMES AND BUSINESS 



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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