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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

140 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PLAQUEMINE

  POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ROADS

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 138 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF

  SIMMESPORT TO NEAR NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...PORT ALLEN...AND GROSSE

  TETE...AND EXTENDING WEST TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. THE AREAS OF

  HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  INDICATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN POINTE

  COUPEE...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IBERVILLE...AND WEST BATON ROUGE

  PARISHES SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 430 PM.



* LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET

  FLOODING AND FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IN SOUTHERN POINTE COUPEE

  PARISH FROM FORDOCHE TO ERWINVILLE.  



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.



LAT...LON 3070 9138 3076 9173 3053 9173 3040 9167

          3030 9161 3011 9138 3025 9116 3043 9125



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