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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

811 AM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZACHARY...OAK HILLS PLACE...BATON

  ROUGE...BAKER

  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENHAM SPRINGS

  POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN



* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT



* AT 805 AM CDT...THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND  

  SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET 

  FLOODING IN THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA. RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO 

  REDEVELOP GENERALLY ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM THE ATCHAFALAYA 

  BASIN INTO BATON ROUGE AND THE DENHAM SPRINGS AREA. RADAR RAINFALL 

  ESTIMATES SHOW NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE BATON ROUGE

  AREA SINCE 6 AM. 



  IN POINTE COUPEE PARISH...EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REPORTED THE 

  CLOSING OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 414 AT HIGHWAY 983 DUE TO A WASHOUT   

  FROM PREVIOUS RAINS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 3067 9169 3034 9123 3037 9098 3064 9058



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