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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

702 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBURG



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 659 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 7 MILES EAST OF

  EASLEYVILLE TO 9 MILES WEST OF GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD

  FALLEN SINCE 6 PM BETWEEN GREENSBURG AND DARLINGTON. AN ADDITIONAL

  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ST.

  HELENA PARISH THROUGH 9 PM...AND FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING

  AREAS IS EXPECTED. 



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 3066 9057 3066 9089 3073 9085 3100 9085

          3100 9057 3083 9057



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