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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

619 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...EDEN ISLE



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

  STREET FLOODING WHICH WAS CAUSING CARS TO STALL OUT IN SLIDELL... 

  PARTICULARLY ALONG THE GAUSE BOULEVARD CORRIDOR AND SOUTH TO OLD 

  SPANISH TRAIL. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND GROUND REPORTS 

  INDICATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF SLIDELL 

  AND EDEN ISLE SINCE 4 PM...AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

  LIKELY THROUGH 9 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3021 8991 3014 8956 3043 8970 3034 9007



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