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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

730 PM CDT TUE MAY 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER MATHEWS. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY IN MOVEMENT. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

  INDICATED THAT AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS

  LOCATIONS FROM RACELAND TO MATHEWS TO LOCKPORT AND AN

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 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 2966 9063 2958 9049 2971 9035 2982 9052



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