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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

552 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBURG

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAMMOND...AMITE



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 549 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE RITA ARE

  IMPACTING MUCH OF ST.HELENA AND TANGIPAHOA PARISHES. DOPPLER RADAR

  RAIN ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

  FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS IN THE PAST FEW HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



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 3066 9055 3036 9045 3037 9027 3071 9028

      3099 9036 3099 9085 3068 9081



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