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LAC051-057-071-075-087-089-095-291500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

404 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA  

  INCLUDING THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 358 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE BETWEEN 3 AND 10 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE PARISHES SOUTH OF THE 

TIDAL LAKES.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2917 9022 2897 8891 3013 8912 3011 9064



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