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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

355 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SLIDELL



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 350PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY

  HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WESTERN SLIDELL TO JUST EAST OF LACOMBE. THIS 

  AREA ALREADY HAS RECEIVED 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL...ESTIMATED 

  BY RADAR. ST TAMMANY PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS EXTENSIVE

  STREET FLOODING IN AREAS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE 

  SLIDELL AREA. A FEW HOMES ALSO WERE FLOODED. HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



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 3038 9000 3032 8976 3023 8980 3025 8995

          3030 9001



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