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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

335 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 330 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF ST CHARLES 

PARISH...SOUTH OF HAHNVILLE. REPEAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED DUE 

TO REDEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH ACROSS LAFOURCHE PARISH. RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

2 PM NEAR LULING AND DES ALLEMANDS...AND FLOODING OF ROADS HAS BEEN 

REPORTED. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 530 

PM.  



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 2978 9035 2983 9045 2990 9049 3002 9051

          3004 9029 2991 9027 2986 9025 2973 9023

          2973 9035



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