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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

809 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...METAIRIE...MARRERO...

  KENNER...HARVEY...AVONDALE

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 805 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS A WIDE AREA OF

ST. CHARLES...UPPER JEFFERSON...AND ORLEANS PARISHES. THE AREA OF 

HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED

ONE-HALF INCH TO TWO INCHES SINCE 7 PM WITH MUCH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MARSHLAND OF WESTERN ST. CHARLES PARISH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THROUGH 9 PM WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 9046 3002 9051 3006 9043 3000 9002

          2989 8999 2974 9024



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