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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

535 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 530 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF VIOLET. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEARLY STATIONARY IN MOVEMENT ALTHOUGH A MOVEMENT TOWARD THE

  NORTH AROUND 5 MPH IS EXPECTED. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  INDICATED THAT AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  AREAS SOUTH OF POYDRAS AND THIS AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED

  TO MOVE NORTH TOWARD HIGHWAYS 46 AND 300 SHORTLY AFTER 545 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 2981 8982 2981 8987 2986 8990 2991 8990

          2995 8995 2999 8995 2998 8984 2996 8984

          2994 8979 2994 8974 2979 8978



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