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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1155 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  POINTE COUPEE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A SPIRAL BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE RITA    

  EXTENDING FROM TERREBONNE AND LAFOURCHE PARISHES NORTHWEST ACROSS  

  AREAS OF ASSUMPTION...ST. JAMES...ASCENSION...IBERVILLE...WEST     

  BATON ROUGE AND POINTE COUPEE PARISHES. THIS BAND OF HEAVY         

  RAINFALL WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THE  

  BAND WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AROUND 60 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

  INDICATE THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED   

  ACROSS SECTIONS OF THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL            

  OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE COMMUNITIES OF HOUMA...

  THIBODAUX...CONVENT...NAPOLEONVILLE...GONZALES...PLAQUEMINE...

   =PORT ALLEN...AND LIVONIA.



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 2970 9048 3023 9091 3036 9121 3068 9153

      3060 9170 2915 9062 2923 9010



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