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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

734 AM CDT SAT OCT 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAHNVILLE



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 730 AM CDT...ST CHARLES PARISH DIRECTOR REPORTED RIVERBEND RAOD 

  CLOSED DUE TO 8 INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY. MODERATE TO  

  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED MOVE ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS ONCE AGAIN     

  THROUGH 930 AM.



3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THIS 

MORNING CAUSING RUNOFF OVER SOME ROADWAYS. THE MINOR FLOODING 

OCCURRING NOW WILL BE AGGREVATED BY AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH ST CHARLES PARISH OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS AND SOME HOMES FROM HAHNVILLE TO SAINT ROSE. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3000 9049 3003 9039 3003 9030 2998 9027

      2991 9027 2985 9022 2975 9017 2973 9020

      2973 9032



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